New Press Release....
...this press release appears in the May, 2005 edition of Pro Sound News:
David Royer actually started Mojave Audio in 1985, fine-tuning circuits and capsule designs. His various self-built microphones, mic preamps, and compressors are in the hands of a number of prominent L.A.-based producers and engineers. For the past few years, the company offered do-it-yourself tube-microphone kits. The company is now moving away from kits and focusing it's efforts on fully assembled products.
Mojave Audio's first shipping product is the MA-200, a tube condenser microphone with a cardioid pattern. Designed by David Royer, with the assistance of Rick Perotta (whose production expertise dates back to Matchless guitar amplifiers), the MA-200 employs a 3-micron, hand-selected capsule used in conjunction with a specially designed American transformer and a military-grade JAN 5840 vacuum tube. The microphone is manufactured in China under strict supervision and quality control, and the final processes, including QC, testing and burn-in, are done in Burbank.
Company officials were quick to stress those factors that differentiate the MA-200 from other Chinese-manufactured products. "The design is 100% David's," notes John Jennings (Director of Sales & Marketing for Mojave). "We supply the key components to ensure the quality is up to David's standards. Outsourcing the manufacturing enables us to deliver a highly capable microphone at a very competitive price."
The MA-200 is being marketed as an upper mid-level design targeted for use in project and professional recording studio environments.