Heil PR40 Dynamic Microphone for Fully Portable Remote Voiceover Recording Setup

I just bought the new Heil Sound PR40 Dynamic microphone, and I'm glad I did. I sounds far richer than my old Sennheiser MD421 mkII and I might prefer it when compared to RE20s (plenty of resonance, but not enough sizzle) and SM7bs (a little too flat - perfect if you've got a world-beating studio behind it though).

Since I do plenty of remote voiceovers on location, at clients' offices, or VOG reads at trade shows and corporate events, a dynamic microphone makes far more sense than a condenser microphone which captures too much of the ambient noise in a non-acoustically-treated environment. I now have a completely portable VO rig thanks to the small size of my True Systems P-Solo preamp. I can now record anywhere, and everything fits into a single briefcase.

The great thing about the Heil PR40, is that it has the character of a good condenser microphone, and sounds better than a lot of so-so condensers. When I take the Heil PR40 and run it through some tube emulation, flattering compression, and a little creative EQ (mostly softening things around 3kHz), the Heil PR40 sounds fantastic.