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Peluso p12 or Lawson ela 251

I am adding another quality tube mike to my collection and was wondering if anyone out there has any experience in comparing these two mikes. I already own a Lawson 47 mp and love it. What I'm looking for is a nice mate for my Lawson that has a different tonality but close to the same quality. I guess the reason for my question is a matter of economics.

DIY ELA 251

So the schematic i found for the ELA 250/51 *EDITED BY LINK* is pretty much hand drawn and many of the values i can not read. Mostly i am worried about the values of the pattern switching stage (the upper right) there is a resistor and a capacitor that are blobby and unreadable. the other thing is the PSU transformer, what would be a suitable volunteer for the job?

Lawson L251 Vacuum Tube Mic

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I just purchased the lawson L251 tube mic to replace my Neumann TL103. I have a ten day trial on this mic. Out of the box, i have to say that i am not reallying hearing a huge difference between the two mics. and i might even say that i am really disappointed. My signal path is the mic directly into an Avalon M5 then into my MOTU 2408.