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Brand	Golden Age Project
Polar Pattern	Bidirectional
Item Weight	3 Pounds

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Passive Ribbon Microphone with Figure-8 Polar Pattern

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Product description

Classic Ribbon, for a Song

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Item Weight

3 pounds

Product Dimensions

15.98 x 9.02 x 7.01 inches

ASIN

B004ZGQKGI

Item model number

4330236105

Customer Reviews

11 ratings

4.4 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#34,612 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
#10 in Ribbon Microphones

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

February 9, 2012

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Studio-C Campton Hills

Amazing says Studio-C

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2014

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I have many fabulous Microphones in my collection. I chose the Golden Age Project R1 MKII based on the ardent responses it received by many other well known owners and my own listening tests. In many case this microphone was in a competitive A/B listening test with other microphones costing 2 to 3 times as much, and it still stood out. I have been recording for many years, I was looking to expand my vocal mic selection. Ribbons microphones are know for classic vocals, symphonic and even brass. The Golden Age Project R1 MKII is beautifully warm and has a smooth sonic clarity, one that is easy to listen to with out fatigue. You need to use a good preamp as passive Ribbon microphones have a low output level. GAP also make an MKIII model that is an active Ribbon. Kudos to Liquid Inc., with their free second day shipment, it came on-time. If your reading this you may want to to make your purchase now as the Golden Age Project products are flying off the shelves.

8 people found this helpful

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Scott C. Brooks

Great entrance to a ribbon mic

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018

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Great Mic for the price point, much warmer than a rode Nt1 with on board preamps. Solid construction. Need a heavy duty stand due to weight.

2 people found this helpful

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Beatzy

Sultry sex maiden

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2011

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It took me about 2 seconds to consider buying this microphone firstly because it's silly money for a mic and secondly because I'm a gear addict. Don't go reading reviews about who compares it to what or whatever just read this one and buy it. I mean It's a chinese ribbon mic for $150 c'mon! It's not going to sound like a $2K ribbon but why the hell would you want it to? It sounds how it sounds just like every other microphone, and for certain applications and in the right position its fantastic. When matched with a good preamp the R1 delivers those pleasant and forgiving 40's-50's sultry tones. That being said on certain voices it's terrible while on others it's amazing, and the same goes for instruments. Which is why this mic is always ready to go and I'm not too bothered about a singer blowing out the ribbon or a drummer knocking it over. I've recorded male and female lead vocals on this and matched it EQ wise with $1000 LDC's. Usually when singers hear the A/B comparison the agressive nasal squeek of the LDC's is all too apparent, and some prefer the smoother natural roll off of the ribbon. The GAP R1 mk2 microphone will grow on you and if it's your first ribbon mic, will certainly wet your appetite for more :-)

21 people found this helpful

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Peter Ferrand

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018

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Has the ribbon mic sound I expected. But picks up way more 60Hz hum from the ac field in the room than my Royer. Enough to make it unusable.

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Victor

Nice first Ribbon mic.

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019

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Very smooth on vocals. Will require a good preamp to let it perform at it’s best.

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William J Doran

Captures old school sound

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2014

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The mic was as advertised, no issues, works as designed, for the price I recommend it to anyone trying to capture recording techniques used in the age when great music was made.

3 people found this helpful

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L. Mac

Mic stand thread size

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020

The threads on mine don’t fit a standard microphone stand. Anyone else having this problem?

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Harry Michael Brown

This is an excellent ribbon mic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2018

Verified Purchase

This is an excellent ribbon mic, well worth the money and makes the voice sound warmer and friendlier. It is an XLR mic and is a great vintage looking microphone.

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