A mic sums whatever pressure arrives and cannot tell direct from reflected — so one hard surface nearby becomes a filter you cannot EQ out. The arithmetic, worked from actual distances.
A podcast recording sounds hollow, boxy, slightly like a telephone. The microphone is good, the preamp is fine, the room is quiet. You reach for an EQ and nothing you do fixes it — cutting makes it worse, boosting makes it thin, and the hollowness stays.
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