A udio-Technica's 4000-series is the company's premium range of studio microphones, and there have been two recent additions to that range, both of which are variations on existing designs.
The convenience of accurate coincident stereo from a single side-address microphone body; Direct Mid/Side outputs; and a choice of two left-right decoded stereo options
The break-out cable colour coding is not intuitive; Ninety-degree stereo mode has slightly higher noise floor than other modes; Tonal balance is noticeably lean with distant placements