Golden Age Project R1 active Mk3

Ribbon Microphone

Active
Directional characteristic: Figure 8
Frequency range: 30 - 18000 Hz +/- 3 dB
Sensitivity: -40 dB (0 dB=1V/Pa) @ 1 kHz
Max. SPL (<1% THD @ 1kHz): 150 dB
Output impedance: 50 Ohm sym
Recommended load impedance: > 1000 Ohm
Dimensions: 69 x 185 mm
Weight: 850 g

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shockmount included	No

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Very versatile, very warm sound, active = handy. Bit noisy though.

19.01.2015

Excellent as a first ribbon mic and a good second mic for those starting out. The sound - while not as precise as top-end ribbons - is really rounded and lovely, giving a warm glow to guitar cabs, vocals and strings especially, with a wonderfully solid and detailed low end. The advantage of an active ribbon is that you don't need a super clean preamp with 70dB gain - the preamps on most budget/mid-range audio interfaces with phantom power are powerful enough to drive this mic.

Like all ribbons, the mic produces a small but noticeable amount of background hiss. It is therefore unsuitable for very sensitive applications where a lot of dynamic range needs to be captured or where hiss will be a problem. I have used a pair of these mics in blumlein and MS configurations with very good results on instruments like piano that have then been layered in a mix - the presentation is excellent and the stereo field comes to life in a very natural way not possible with other miking configurations, and the benefit of having the wonderful ribbony goodness outweighs the slight issue of the hiss.

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Big disapointment

VProductions, 03.07.2019

Sorry to say that this mic was a big disappointment.
From the moment of unpacking it looks like a very cheap Chinese build mic with the back-plate (XLR input) not straight constructed. Also there were solder splutters on the cable.. not to nice :(

When testing it started out good, while this is a very nice sounding mic after 15 minutes or so it started making lots of noise and it became unworkable.
I send it back as fast as possible unfortunately.

Maybe this was a case of bad luck with the noise, but the overall construction of the mic I eyed and felt very cheap and fast build.

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item number	289347
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available since	July 2012

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Golden Age Project R1 active Mk3

Ribbon Microphone

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