Here are my results - so far - from recording vocals without headphones. It still needs some vocal de-essing / needs some work on the mastering portion, but here it is so far... (I now included these links in the initial post as well)
Vocals recorded with studio monitors on, with the mic mentioned in the initial post:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QX...ew?usp=sharing
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiMM3Flv1TozgeBc...0e15Q?e=oF9dEC
One of these is a Google Drive Link and the other a OneDrive link - I'm a PC guy for now