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As an experiment I recorded some nice old Ludwig drums individually with a stock mexican 57, made a note of the exact mic placement. Then recorded the same drums again with the same mic after I removed its tranny. Upon A/B ing the two recordings I deduced that not only did the modified 57 have way better low end response (like it actually sounded good on a floor tom for once) but it also sounded much tighter. The stock 57 sounded flabby in comparison. That transformer really smears transients.
I'll post these recordings soon.
Philip Shaw Bova
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