Joe's Bar

[Mixinthecloud]

Coming from my speakers:
1&4 sound similar, beefy with slight sub, more so in 4 than 1
2 is thinner less beefy but more defined
I would choose 2 bc I can always get help from the bass

The #4 sound raises another question, 'How do you use your OHs?'
Some mixers will go full spectrum while others will filter low end from them so they are essentially using the overheads primarily for cymbals. Filtering low end from the OHs will definitely reduce low-end phase issues while maintaining the spatial references of the kit below them. If you bring everything on the kit 'in phase', is that more accurate? IMHO, no. It would be more unnatural to do that since the physical kit has built in phase anomalies from a live listener's perspective. For me, there is only one bottom line. The only thing that counts is what sounds best to you, the mixer.  If everything 'in phase' sounds best to you, then that is the way to go. If not, then don't. Any talk of technology and the technical reasons for phase alignment seem moot. If the context is for releasing a song on vinyl, where phase issues could cause mastering issues, well then that's just another reason to discount vinyl as a medium because of its inherent flaws and limitations. We all watch top end mixers on YouTube or PureMix, etc., and I would offer that not one of them would disagree with 'go with what sounds best' to you.