ADK Z-251 Clips - feedback please

Hello... and thanks for the shootout.... good quality recordings.

Wow... the ADK really has a nice, full midrange. All of the ADK Z-mod clips I hear have an extreme smoothness to them..... for some kinds of music maybe too smooth.

Listening to your voice in the mix I think the ADK is a very good match for your voice and the style of music you're doing. Like an excellent match.

The Peluso and the V13 have the missing midrange that I find on about 90% of large diaphragm condensers. Having said that I think the Peluso definitely sounds better than the V13.

Makes me want to look into the ADK Z-Mod 47. I'm just worried it might be too smooth... as I want the mic to have a little more edge/grit for stuff I'm doing.

I really liked the 251 on you. It cuts and has a bigger than life quality, which I love in a good microphone. Which transformer did you choose?

Thanks so much for the feedback. Greatly appreciated, as I really respect everyone's experience and capabilities here. As I'm listening back to the recordings I'm hearing some "engineering" issues that I know wouldn't be in everyone else's mixes. I tried using the Sonible Smart EQ on the tracks and Smart Comp on the vocals (demo version). Sounded good on my monitors, but seems now like the tracks are bass-heavy and a not sure that the compression on vocals is set right. I'm sure that is user-error on my part.

To answer Vincent's question, I've got the stock/standard Jensen transformer. Not sure yet how the highs fit my voice, so the Sowter may be something I ask Larry about as well. I've got a Roll Music Tubule 500 series tube pre coming in the mail today, so hoping to do some additional testing over the weekend with that. It's not a REDD or Coil, but I've heard good things about it. I've also noticed that pairing the ADK with my P1 pre and/or changing the polar pattern to 1:00/2:00 smooths things out a bit, albeit some of the clarity disappears.

One individual was kind enough to re-amp my vocals through both a Coil 286 and 70, and also then through the RS124. I may post those up for you guys to hear as well. Just didn't want to muddy the waters out of the gate.