JB wrote: such a statement about "microphones" and "transformers" is
surely too broad.

Mike Rivers wrote: Broad, but true.

You said, "...there are more microphones in the world that sound better
when loaded with a transformer than when loaded with a capacitor and a
few diode junctions...." By "a few diode junctions," I take it you mean
an input transistor. I don't know how many mike models exist; let's say
500; surely the actual number is higher. Are you really saying then that
you've personally done the comparison on at least 251 models? I doubt
it. Remember, it would have to be with levels and polarity matched.

James Boyk