[Elecraft] RIBBON MICROPHONE

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To each his own,,,,,is right.....

After 30years working under contract with sennheiser, then akg ,then shure brothers I learned how silky smooth a  $ .40  element can sound when properly enclosed in anything cute.... 

I must confess after being away from the mic biz for a few years it is amazing how many new players there in the " boutique " area of the biz,

I had never heard of cascade,,,,,,

But then must not forget, that David Letterman has a unconnected heil on his desk for looks.
It's even facing in the wrong direction, and it is not a bi-directional ribbon......


Bill. In prosperity

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On Aug 14, 2011, at 18:23, Mel Farrer <farrerfolks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, I disagree.  I use a Cascade Fat Head ribbon microphone on my Bauer 707 AM transmitter and the reports are very flattering.  Now, I agree if you are using a narrow sideband filter, it won't help you much, but then on my K3, when I do move the ribbon mike into position, I use the 6 KHz filter and the equalizer section turns the audio into a pleasant performer.  I do use a puff filter in front to get rid of the "breathiness" issue.  To each his own.  IMHO, Cheers,
> 
> Mel, K6KBE
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RIBBON MICROPHONE
> 
> Indeed.  Being just a tad more naive than Jim, a condition that persists 
> to this day, my first college job included sign-on in early AM as the 
> only employee in the studio of a small FM station.  I used a fairly 
> large and clunky RCA ribbon mic on a desk stand in front of the board. 
> Everyone has seen them in old movies and the like, sort of prismatic in 
> shape.  I made a number of airchecks of the sign-on litany and 
> discovered that if I closed way up on the mic and spoke softly, I could 
> turn a 17-yr old voice into something a couple of octaves below Vaughn 
> Monroe.  It would have been a very poor mic for ham radio.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
> - www.cqp.org
> 
> On 8/14/2011 11:48 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> I wouldn't dream
>> of using them in my ham station.  They are delicate (easily broken),
>> very subject to P-popping and breathe noise, and emphasize the low end
>> of the voice (very bad for ham radio).
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