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Beyer Ribbons

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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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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.



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