I need a good, versatile shotgun that works decently indoors. I've read lots of comments that the CS-3e is the closest you can get to an "all-around" shotgun. But listening to the samples in Dan Brockett's article --
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/right_mic_brockett.html -- these are my impressions:
On-axis, both indoors and out, the Sanken seems somewhat muffled compared to the Neumann.
Off-axis rejection and frequency response sound very similar with both.
I hear less handling noise with the Sanken....with the Neumann I hear a rumble, which might be avoided with low cut filter or blimp.
So I'm wondering what sorts of situations that aren't covered in the article would make the Sanken more of an all-'rounder.