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2016/05/13
Melodium 42B nuts and washers now in stock
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We now have in stock some high quality brass thumb wheel nuts and mounting washers for Melodium 42B ribbon microphones. Melodium 42B m...
2016/05/03
Inside a Beyer M130
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Here is the motor from inside a Beyer M130 figure-8 microphone. The mic has two ribbons, similar to the M160, and the metal spiral act...
2016/03/17
Reslo Beebs in action with Layla Lane
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Pop duo Layla Lane kindly shared their video of their cover of 'In My Life' by the Beatles, which which extensively used a Reslo R...
2015/11/27
Ribbon Mics in Action: Tidal Love by Nothing Places
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Thanks to Oswaldo Terrones, who works in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, for sharing the album Tidal Love by alternative rockers Nothing Pla...
2015/11/24
Witnesses of Words by Marco C. van der Hoeven. (Book Review)
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This beautiful book arrived in the post last week . There aren't enough good books about the history of microphones, so it was a pl...
2015/11/05
Microphones of the Month: Toshiba type A vs RCA PB144 / 44A
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Toshiba are well known for making mid-range consumer electronic equipment. Once upon a time they used to make some fine ribbon microphones ...
2015/11/03
Is the MB301 Cardioid ribbon microphone a Beyer in disguise?
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I recently had the opportunity to service a pair of MB301 cardioid ribbon microphones. I had always understood these to be rebranded Beyer M...
2015/10/31
Beebs in action: Aria ca Spira by Cordasicula
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Thanks to Saro Tribastone for sharing his band Cordasicula 's new album Aria ca Spira. Cordasicula come from south-east Sicily a...
2015/10/30
Beebs in Action: Majetone calfskin drum heads
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I have said many times before that we have fantastic, creative customers, and it is always nice when someone takes the time to share what...
Melodium RM6 XLR conversion
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It's nice to keep things original, but better to make them usable. Let's face it, the definition of a microphone is 'something ...
2015/09/23
MOTM - Unknown French Broadcast microphone
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The Microphone of the Month column has been sadly neglected this year, simply because a record number of mics came in for repair, and it has...
2015/09/15
Replacement yoke mount for Western Electric RA-1142
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Here is a replacement mount that we made for a Western Electric RA-1142 ribbon microphone. It consists of a folded steel yoke mated to ...
2015/08/14
If King Midas had a microphone...
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…this would be it. Good BBC-Marconi Type-A ribbon microphones are scarce, and perhaps one reason is that too many were decommissioned, ...
2015/08/13
Melodium 42B Yokes
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Xaudia has commissioned a small number of replica yokes for Melodium 42B ribbon microphones. Melodium 42B with new brass yoke These a...
2015/05/07
Stereophonic Star Girl!: Katy Bødtger with her BM3.
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Here is an advertisement for B&O equipment, including the BM3 ribbon microphone, which appeared in the Danish publication Se og Hør (Se...
2015/05/03
Xaudia mount-a-mic in Sound-on-Sound
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Our mount-a-mic adapters received a nice review in Sound-on-Sound magazine this month. These little gadgets are designed to make it ea...
2015/04/22
Reslo RV in action - Jose Estragos
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Here's a new video of our friend Jose Estragos from Spain, using his Reslo RVs in his song 'Buscandote'. Enjoy!
2015/03/31
Repairing an STC 4033 with a cracked casting
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The STC 4033 cardioid microphone was a stalwart of British broadcasting and an early solution to the the challenge of making a cardioid d...
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