On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:57:59 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote
(in article ):
Ty Ford wrote:
Yes. The Naked Eye, with the darker front side. They did that thing that
Royer did by having one side brighter than the other. I did flip it once
before recording and didn't hear a major difference. I'm going to listen
for
that more closely.
Wes Dooley does this with the R84 also. I think it degrades the null at
high frequencies a little bit, but it seems to be popular with other users.
The Pre was the TRUE P-SOLO Ribbon preamp. TRUE used to be distributed by
Sennheiser.
Is this a super-high-input impedance preap like the AEA?
Hello Scott,
The specs say 10 K Ohm for input impedance, so no.
A little EQ and comp/limiting creates a nice edge that allows the mic to
sound a little brighter. You can hear the difference between the un-messed
with guitar and voice tracks and the stereo mix.
I haven't tried the Naked Eye, but I tried the Studio Vocalist and it was
a little less honky in the upper mids but very crisp on top. I don't know
how they are making their ribbons but they are much lower mass than the
old RCAs.
Yes and when I recorded using the back side of the ribbon today, there was
even more HF. I'm putting up that version to the same folder today just for
comparison.
I thought the match between mic and preamp were very nice. Even my RCA 77DX
perked up. It sounded a bit boxy, but you can tweek the pattern to adjust
the EQ in addition to the music and voice settings. I didn't do a lot of
tweeking on the RCA yet.
I never found anything that sound better on anything but the figure-8 setting
on a 77DX, personally. I thought all the fancy pattern control was kind of
a waste. Maybe that's just me, though. And I'll say I was shocked at how
much the top end perked up on the 77DX with the high-impedance AEA preamp.
Maybe a little too much, in fact, for the things I tend to use the 77DX on.
Hmm, interesting. My 77DX can sound a bit mechanical as I spin the "pattern"
wheel to get a more favorable EQ.
I bet a nickel the 77DX improves with a modern ribbon transformer, too.
I have put the Lundahl transformers into BK-11 mikes and the improvement
in detail was considerable. I don't know who makes the transformers for
Crowley and Tripp and they won't tell me, but they are pretty impressive.
--scott
I am now reconsidering a lot of my thoughts about ribbon mics based on this
experience.
Regards,
Ty Ford
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