Please pick my jaw up off the floor! Even after working for years in commercial recording studios - and using many of the industry standards - the Bock Audio 5-ZERO-7 has absolutely stunned me! The intimacy it brings to the recordings in my studio has been nothing short of astounding. The tonal balance in the midrange is right where one would like it, and it has a beautiful top end that is everything but harsh or smeared. The only question in one's mind should be what preamp to pair it with! I recently used it to record my wife (who is a professional vocal teacher), and she said she's never heard her vocals sound so silky and three-dimensional. You owe it to yourself to hear David Bock's flagship masterpiece!