Warm tone and good intonation. Nice sound.

To improve on this, you would probably have to spend $600 to $1,100 on a ribbon mic, and most of those require a more expensive preamp that has more gain than usual.

The 57 and 58 have the same element; the ball on the 58 gives it a slightly different response that horn players and vocalists like.

I think you're doing fine.

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