I own the Pauly. Haven't yet heard the examples because I haven't had time. I've been doing vocals for the last couple of days with 3-5 different singers. One guy was always on the same mic and this morning I noticed--on a track I was punching in on--that his vocals this morning sounded louder (and a bit brighter) than ones I cut yesterday afternoon; same preamp, never touched the gain, same compressor, never touched the settings, same input, no fader involved. The only thing I figured could have changed was the pop filter--Popper Stopper (yesterday), when the Pauly was on a different mic, to Pauly (today). Brighter I could understand, but louder? I asked him a couple of times if he was closer to the mic, because that's how he sounded. But this guy is a VERY experienced studio singer and he said definitely not any closer. Two times he said it.