SR314 : Top Quality, incredible sound Live and Studio !

I never write reviews but in this case I feel the need to do after a month use: I use this mic in my studio and have tested it with our band in a live setting. Never heard such a clear and open sound from a microphone! Especially in the studio, if you close your eyes it's like if you listen directly to the person behind the mic without anything in between. I had expected high quality sound from Earthworks but this beats everything. I have used SE 2000A, Aston, AKG C414, Neumann TLM, Shure's etc. but nothing comes even close. Beautiful flat response in the complete audio spectrum! Also live, being a condenser mic, it has no feedback! Building quality is exceptional; beautiful and robust. After a recording the sound is already so good that it needs hardly any (or no) EQ. I can recommend this mic to everyone without any hesitation. The only problem is that all my other mics are not used anymore for recordings. Thanks Earthworks for such an great studio and live microphone! OK, it's not cheap but worth every penny. Read also the review in SoundOnSound to get the bigger picture. Highly recommended !!