Rode nt5 Vs oktava mk-012

I haven't tried the Oktavas. I do have the matched set of NT5's. I've used them on acoustic guitar, chorals, drum overheads, and AVO recording. I can tell you this. We had a band come in and they wanted to play the songs live, recorded with one mic and then lay down tracks to that. I went with it and set up an NT5 about seven feet up and pointed at the center of the band. We listened to the track and the leader ran out to his car, came back with a mastered CD from another studio and said listen to this. By comparison, they thought the lone NT5 was better than a CD they had just paid $4000 for. I didn't say anything. I never criticize another engineer's work. But that's my experience.
Rod Norman
Engineer
 
The MK-012's are really nice. The studio I intern at has a modded pair and they prefer them to Neumann's for overheads.
 
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