Here are our updated transformer boxes , looking smart with a new metal badge and hammertone paint. They come in a rugged metal box with Ne...

The old Melodium 3 pin plugs are getting very hard to find, and quite expensive when they do show up. This is a pragmatic approach to the...

A customer asked me to make a mount for his STC 4017 dynamic mic without modifying the microphone itself. Often these come with a handle or ...

This is what happens when one dissects a couple of Beyerdynamic ribbon mics: bodies, grills, motors, transformers, XLR or DIN output connec...

The Black Viking is Xaudia's latest take on the B&O BM3. The vikings came from Denmark and invaded our home town of York, so it s...

Here is Tannoy's cardioid ribbon microphone - the MD422. Tannoy MD422 ribbon mic, front Firstly, Tannoy lose a point for the name...

Here is a scan of a 'manual' from 1973 for the Reslo MR1 ribbon microphone , which was the successor to the popular RB model. ...

Music Tech magazine have just published the 'ultimate guide' to ribbon mics. Xaudia got a mention!

Reslo are of course best known for their ribbon microphones, particularly the RV and RV models, However, it should not be forgotten that ...

Film Industries Ltd. are perhaps best known for their M8 ribbon microphone, but what about models M1 to M7? Well, here is 14.286 % of the an...

Here is a custom edition of our popular ‘ Beeb ’ modified Reslo ribbon mic. This is the first, and so far the only one we have made in thes...

Our Microphone of the Month for April is this rare oddball from Reslosound: the NC-RB. This was Reslo's attempt at a commentator...

Here is a scanned user manual for the RCA 77DX.

A while ago, I blogged about some magnet upgrades for the B&O BM3 and BM4 ribbon mics  that greatly improve the signal-to-noise performa...

This month's MOTM is the Gaumont-Kalee model 1492, ….made by British Acoustic Films Ltd.  Both GB Kalee Ltd. and BAF Ltd....