In article <3b607864.1719797@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, d_ruether@hotmail.com wrote:


|: - mic frequency response limits (which are not "brick-wall")
|: are important, but less so than the smoothness and
|: "balance" ...

One more factor to add to that excellent post:

All other things equal, a more directional mic will generally have poorer
LF response. That's because it's more difficult to achieve directionality
as the wavelength gets longer, so the designers roll off the lows.

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