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Post by Johnkenn on Sept 27, 2016 19:21:09 GMT -6
Like I said earlier in this thread I think. It didn't sound broken to me. If I remember correctly, I preferred it on some things and the royer on others.
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Post by markfouxman on Oct 5, 2016 11:40:09 GMT -6
How much SPL can this thing handle? Can I set it 2 inches in front of a cranked half stack without worry? It supposedly has a very thin ribbon. The one that I was sent to test apparently couldn't handle shipping vibration and supposedly ended up with a sagging ribbon. If it can't handle that, I'm not sure it'd last in front of a cranked speaker, IMHO. Hello Svart, While we did make extensive tests with very thin ribbons we never used them in our production line (for quite a few reasons), never advertised, and never mentioned we are using them. Our ribbons are 1.5 micron (it is on our website in Specifications for each microphone), which is more or less standard thickness for modern ribbons. The vibration in the shipping has nothing to do with the sagging ribbon. Moreover, besides our very stable proprietary method of corrugation, each of our ribbons passes an additional "ribbon pre-conditioning", when it passes strong vibrations test under quite severe conditions and the ribbon is way out of gap. This helps to release any strain and 'relax' it for years of use. In almost two decades we sent out thousands ribbon microphones all over the world and so far I can remember only 3 cases of ribbons damaged in shipping. Unfortunately, one of them was yours. Our customers use them in front of cranked up amplifiers all day long (some, in that application, only). The only time you cannot use them is when there is a strong air movement (for example, kick drum, or taking the mic outdoors without wind protection). So far I remember only one to come for warranty repair--MF65 fell off 6 foot stand on concrete floor, so its Stainless Steel shockmount ring broke in two pieces (!!!)... but the ribbon was fine and even did not need re-tuning. We had a second case when the VL37 fell on concrete floor with the boom at the school choir concert. The grill was messed up. It happened over half a year ago, but the owner still did not send it in... just because it still perfectly matched to his second one and he uses them almost every day, so there is no time. We give our customers 15 days satisfaction guarantee, 5 years parts warranty (MF65 life warranty) and 2 years warranty for the ribbons. This fact alone probably shows we are confident enough in the quality and durability of our microphones. Hopefully this gives you more complete picture. Best, Mark Fouxman Samar Audio Design, LLC
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 9, 2016 15:50:28 GMT -6
Planning on sticking this puppy on a banjo tonight.
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 9, 2016 16:31:49 GMT -6
Post a snippet
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 9, 2016 16:36:30 GMT -6
Will do. I think we're finishing the mix tonight too.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 10, 2016 0:05:36 GMT -6
Planning on sticking this puppy on a banjo tonight. I lied. Didn't work out. Went with a pair of BeesNeez SDC's instead. The player plays too soft for the ribbon to work out. Had to crank my preamp gain to the heavens and sounded too soft. Even with the SDC's, I wanted more bite, but had to make due.
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Post by EmRR on Oct 10, 2016 7:54:34 GMT -6
Soft banjo! What the heck!
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Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 10, 2016 8:19:32 GMT -6
Soft banjo! What the heck! Legit. I expected the ribbon to be just the ticket. This guy literally has the softest touch ever.
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Post by Ward on Oct 10, 2016 9:30:45 GMT -6
Soft banjo! What the heck! "soft banjo"... right!! Sort of like "pretty ugly".
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