RaySolinski
10 June 2004
I see a lot of folks are using Beyer ribbon for overheads etc...I would love to grab a Royer but it is a little out of my budget..What are the recommendations? What is the main difference between the 160 and the 130? Both are bidirectional...How does the 260 sound?..I am not buying a pair and will be mostly using these for jazz acoustic and vox...
Thanks,
Ray
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Hi, I work with a pair of m160ns, love the sound, brighter than
Hi,
I work with a pair of m160ns, love the sound, brighter than the royer r-121, so it all depends on the application/sound wanted/source.
Not suitable for close micing on loud sources, and need a quiet preamp with lots of gain...
Totally undervallued, these are part of my workhorses.
Tom
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I just bought several Beyerdynamic ribbons mics for recording st
I just bought several Beyerdynamic ribbons mics for recording
stringed instruments. The M130 is a figure 8. The M160 and
the M260 are hypercardoid - rare for ribbon mics and useful if
recording in a smaller space where reflections could cause a
problem with a figure 8 mic. The M260 has a high pass filter
and 1 ribbon where as the M160 has 2 ribbons and no high pass
filter.
They go for less than Royer and Coles but have a good
reputation and are considered to be undervalued.
For overheads you could use KM184s ( cardoid condensor )
as an alternative to ribbon mics.
Ted