Fangar--I have had a limited amount of time to try the V 93 so far, but I like what I am hearing. I set up a mic array with the V-93, MXL V-57, AT 4033, Octava 219 and Octava 012. I recorded some
acoustic guitar and some voice. The differences were not huge, but noticable.
The V-93 had less hyped highs than the 4033, but a bit more air. The V-57 was "drier" sounding, or not as full. The Octava 219 sounded darker overall. The Octava 012 had as much high, a tad more lows and a smidge less mids (hows that for technical?)
Overall, its very balanced and full. I used it with the -10db pad to record a guitar amp this afternoon and it worked very well! I did a vocal track as well, which turned out good too. If you look at the frequency graph of the V93, its almost ruler flat up to 20, then it has a slight rise from there.
Now--let me throw my 2 cents in. IF you are planning to use this mic exclusively as a vocal mic, a part of me still leans in favor of the V67 for that application. The V67 just had "something" that I've only heard from that mic. A certain richness. While the V93 is excellent on vocals also, I still think I'm going to buy a V67 as a compliment to my mic locker.
If you are going to use this mic for acoustic guitars, drums, electric guitars as well as vocals and its going to be your only LD condenser, I think the V93 would be the overall better buy. It seems to work on everything I have tried it for. The pad and low cut filter are also a plus if you are going to be miking instruments. The V67 doesn't have those features.
Heck, you could buy one of each and still come in under the price of the AT 4033. I hate to say it, but the V93 is a better sounding microphone than the 4033 and its half the price. Anyway, thats one mans opinion.
