I totally agree with the OP, but I was under the assumption that this was a known fact. To me it seemed pretty obvious. I too had a 103 from when they first came out and never experienced anything harsch what so ever, just a wide open top end. In the end I sold it and now rely on my Lawson MP47 as main vocal mic, but have nothing bad at all to say about the 103 I owned. It was also very nice in the bass/low midrange, like in front of bass amps.