[LAU] Cheap ribbon mics

[Al Thompson]

On 01/25/2013 09:20 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> On Fri, January 25, 2013 5:56 pm, Bob van der Poel wrote:
>> Anyone used one of cheap ribbon mics I see on feabay for well under
>> $100? Yeah, probably get what you pay for ... but I don't have 2 to 4
>> grand just to play with one. I'm doing some in-home recording of a
>> tenor sax and I've heard that ribbons are really good for this.
>> Comments appreciated.
> There are lots of different ribbon mics around. Some of them are not
> really ribbon mics in the classical sense. I don't think a Mylar skin with
> a ribbon printed on it will sound the same as the old ribbon mics. (they
> may sound good, but not the same)

I'm surprised nobody has suggested a Beyer M500.  I've used them a lot,
and like them, and they aren't very expensive.


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