Phantom powered ribbon mic

[Basil]

Yes that is what I said. Looks like Royer came out with one which seems like my R121 but capable of phantom and a 20db increase which would be nice. Check it out at mercenary. Peter

 

[therealsoundguy]

royer 121

I'm a big fan of the 121. The main advantag of the new phantom powered mics (122 I think) is the impedance matching, much more than the gain.

With these new mics, you dont have to be as picky in matching impedance. The lower output of the 121 I have actually always looked at as a plus, since I can run my preamps much hotter and get more transformer saturation out of them with the amps wide open. Most modern preamps will provide between 60-80 dB of gain, so I have never ever had a problem with nto enough gain and a 121.

the amp in the preamp section on the mic uses a fet, and again, thats the nice thing aboutt the 121, the mic is just a ribbon and a transformer, it doesnt get more pure than that. There is no additional circuitry in the mic, which is a plus.

However, it all comes down to what sounds good, as with everything.

Ive used both, prefer a 121, everyone is different though.

dave

 

[Track Rat]

Octava has one out too now. I haven't used it but it looks interesting.

 

[Basil]

The Oktava suffer from poor quality issues. I doubt that it would be a keeper. It looked ok but unless there is a return policy not worth the risk and the other ones I have hear make me think it will bite bigtime. Peter