I don’t know the Sony mics, but wonder if it’s something to do with it being a large diaphragm dynamic mic? They can take a lot of welly and are quite forgiving compared to a condenser, which generally need a lot more precise mic technique and don’t cope well really close like this one does.

It’s a brave new world for sure! Well down for putting another step forward!

I appreciate an SM7B very good close up.

One of my favourites! Read this to my 12YO son.