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Re: Microphones

Author: TomS
Date: 2017-04-27 17:23

Ribbon microphones can be awesome ... however the high frequencies droop on most microphones so they have a mellow, therefore not accurate sound. And they can very easily be damaged.

I owned some "long ribbon" microphones marketed by Cascade ... the model was VIN-JET ... most musical sound at about $200.00 ea. (I preferred them to my $3000.00 Schoeps) ... but, you could not keep them running. Very fragile, I treated them like they were made of nitroglycerin but still had them re-ribboned 3 times!

If you are gonna get some ribbons, try some Royers or Coles. Expensive but more rugged.

Also, the output of ribbon microphones are very low, probably 10-30 dB lower than dynamics or condensers, so you need a really quiet, high gain pre-amplifier.

But I concur, ribbon microphones rock!

Tom

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