Thanks for listening and for the kind words. Not too bad for just ONE mike, is it? Just imagine what I could do with a dozen of these monstermikes, or maybe not...
Seriously, there is clearly something special about 100% coincident recording techniques such as Blumlein, even if it's not the best solution for everything.
As for the placement in the orchestra recording, the microphone was in fact in the audience, perhaps 4th row. Pretty decent resolution IMHO.
Martin
PS. My sincere apologies for leading this thread astray from it's original subject. Should have started a new one, but I got so inspired by the clever photoshopping...