It is time again for  microphone of the month , and for May we have these lovely Grampian ribbons. Grampian ribbon mics Grampian mics...

Strange cylinders were spotted today in the skies above the Xaudia workshop! Actually it was the Good Year airship, but Aliens and Time ...

Some Reslo RB mics have a transformer with a split secondary that gives the owner the choice of either a 30 ohm or high impedance output. Of...

One of our readers sent in these photos of an unidentified ribbon mic motor. It looks like an attempt at a cardioid pattern, with the magnet...

Last month I wrote a post discussing reslo microphones with red and black labels, and spent some time describing the transformers inside . S...

Here is a tube microphone that we put together for Jørn Christensen of Rodeløkka studio in Oslo, Norway. Jørn wanted a steampunk vibe... and...

The good old BBC have made many of their research and development reports available through their website, spanning 1944 through 1996. Belo...

These rather disturbing photographs are of bad magnets inside a T-Bone RB500 ribbon microphone. Failed magnets in a T-Bone microphone...

April has been hectic! We have been repairing microphones, installing a new coil winder , and developing some new & exciting products. A...

Cadenza ribbon microphones are quite common, but there seem to be more microphones than there are connectors for them. The mics were origin...

Disclaimer Firstly let me say that this is a study in progress, and should by no means be taken as definitive. Hopefully we will eventual...

We have just installed a second Meteor ME307 coil winder at Xaudia, for rewinding ribbon mic transformers, pickups and making new parts. ...

Pete Gardiner is a singer/songwriter and acoustic guitar player based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland and his new album 'Songs at...

I didn't have space for a Melodium sculpture , but here is something that I do have space for! I was delighted to find a pair of Kolste...

Here is something stylish to have in your living room! A wonderful sculpture made from several Melodium dynamic microphones. At th...

Here is a nice Frankenphone ribbon mic that I put together from spare parts .... The mic body was salvaged from a broken SE condenser m...

This rather lovely RCA44 style ribbon is our microphone of the month for March. He was found on Australian ebay, and so will be known as ...