I found this to be true to. In fact in the book Behind the Glass, Al Schmidt talks about how amazing the TLM103 sounds. That book has to be from the late 90's if I recall. I was reading thru a few passages of it this week and saw that comment. I had a black/grey 103 that sounded beautiful. I sold/traded it because I thought there was something better for the $500 I paid for it. Wish I had that one back.

J