Hey Ray
Sound pretty good. I wouldn't say the RE20 is "flat'. It certainly enhances the low end, hence why jocks like it. Engineers like it cause it's almost jock proof.
Heck of a compressor. I just on FB that a female VO in L.A. uses PODFARM, which is guitar modeling plug ins, for pre-amp plug. She said it models some Neve, Avalon and other pres. I tried to look into it but couldn't verify what she wrote.
As for the "modern" sound referred by surfdude, I think what he may have meant (forgive me for putting words in your mouth)... is that agencies want raw audio that isn't colored. They don't want that heavy compressed radio sound. Agencies, studios, producers want the cleanest mic path possible. Hence why many like the 416 shotgun (male VO mostly). Very clean, no color.
Agreed, for radio imaging, it could work. Although most producers want raw audio as well and tweak with plugs from there. As for distorting the input, that's working the mic properly, even backing off if need be. The hard sell car spots out there, those aren't done screaming into a mic. It's controlled/compressed "rage". Mitch Philips does many of them. He's using either a Soundelux or a Violet condenser mic.
personally, I can't stand the RE20, not even for on air. RE27 I can deal with as it's brighter, but retains some low end. Big fan of condensers, like the AKG414 for on air.
* sorry marketweiss for saying the same you did.. posted before reading.
