How do these mics sound to one another?

[antofants]

A friend just lent me a couple of KSM32s to check out. I thought I'd have fun and compare them kinda side-by-side to a B1, 4033, SM57, 603 (for giggles), an M201 (for more giggles), and some other dynamic beyer mic that I think was called a Revox but the name is scraped off (looks exactly like a M201 but silver and without the windscreen). Checked out on violin, guitar and vocals. (I'll be doing percussion stuff this coming week).
The 32s are smooth as anything but definetly flat (surprisingly flat).
My question is that I've been looking at the ksm27 for some time and was wondering how much the 27 sounds like the 32. And while we're at it what differances exist between the 27 and the at4040. (I haven't heard the 27 or the 4040 and was wondering how much they sound like the 32).
Thanks in advance for any insight!- david

 

[mshilarious]

The 27 has a bump in the low end, and a gradual rise in the highs from 3 kHz:

http://www.shure.com/images/response/fksm27_large.gif

http://www.shure.com/images/response/fksm32_large.gif

Truthfully I don't notice the 50 Hz bump, probably because it doesn't show up too much in vocals. I do notice the tastiness in the high end though. It wouldn't be my first choice for violin, for that I'd prefer the 81 (or something warmer for a fiddle). The 32 would be better than the 27 in the same circumstance.

Vocals are just a matter of preference. Female vocals are supposedly better on the 32.

 

[antofants]

thanks ms
Are you familiar with the 4040 at all and how that sounds relative to the other mics.
Another question... I noticed that I had to pump the gain a little harder for the 32 to reach the same level as the other condensers I was testing. Is this typical for this mic?

 

[chessrock]

The ksm27 isn't quite as neutral as the 32. Just a tad more of the joy juice goin' on in the high-mids and treble.

It would actually be fairly similar to the AT-4040.