RE-15, MD441, 330 BT, 190E, RE-16, with Western Electric 1:2 transformer

Signal path:


Male singing voice at close distance - directional mixing. coil  mic - (Pleiades 130Ω,40mH) needed with some mics - Western Electric D163851 transformer - Sony TC-D5 Pro at XLR mic in, mono mode - Sennheiser HD580


The following direction dynamic mics were tried:


Paso 960X nice, bass exaggeration reduced by WE transformer
AKG D190E natural, possible to sing near without Pleiades filter
AKG 330 BT interesting, the mid position of bass cut sounded best
Electro-Voice RE-15 very impressive, it's low cut on, with Pleiades filter possible to sing at 0-1in
Sennheiser MD441 U3 smooth, bass exaggeration even at >14in, with Pleiades filter great at small distance
Paso M980 nice at 10in with WE, natural, too bright with Pleiades filter
Electro-Voice RE-16 with its LC on, impressive, detailed and so alive like RE-15, larger grill does not allow to get as close to diaphragm, So perhaps less bass with Pleiades R,L filter. RE-15 even more punchy,


They all sounded bigger with the inclusion of the WE transformer which also compensates some bass heaviness thereby bringing voice forward. Signal to noise ratio was also better as the impedance is stepped from say 200Ω to 800Ω. The WE transformer makes the sound bigger.