well it seems that many people overlook the fact of tuning the drum and beater style, by saying, it must be tuned "right". I understand the topic of this thread is to find an all around good kick mic, but i think we have to define what a good sound is. Take metal music for example, you want to hear all that double bass work, so you have to have a lot of slap, gotta use hard beaters, and you can't mix in all that kick with sloppy deep low end, it just won't work. but say for jazz or classic rock you might want more deep drum sound. match the drum and beater style to the type of music you are amplifying. I've had to deal with a emo band with a 24" diameter x 24" deep kick. and he tuned the batter head really loose so that the sound was really fat. It sounded great behind the kit, but it just wasnt practical to mic all that low end. I just threw a 52 on there and amped the beater slap and the drum did the rest. all the companies tell you that their mic is the best, but match your mic to the sound. 52's lack fat bottom, 112s sometimes are too round and not fat. pg 52s sound slightly better than 58s, audix sometimes used in combination give a rich sound. but maybe any combination of any or all of these for the particular drum you are using may sound good. so build up your mic locker and be versatile.