We did trials for two different mics, an
AKG C414 set to
cardioid pickup pattern, and an
omni-directional Earthworks M30, both positioned as close as physically possible to each other. Apart from gain matching between the consoles for each mic (done at the input gain stage), no processing (EQ, compression, reverb, etc) was engaged in either console (
SMAART measurements below verify this). The digital output signal was routed directly out over a
Dante network to a Dante-enabled audio recorder. So, all this means that what we were comparing in the ABX test was only the consoles' input stages,
A/D converters and internal signal flow.