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For most of us, the phrase "vintage microphone" conjures the image of an old-fashioned grilled device, with a radio or TV station's call letters emblazoned on its top or side. These are the mics Bing Crosby sang into, or that Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air used to scare the bejeezus out of millions of people with the broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" on October 30, 1938. The most prized of these are called ribbon microphones.

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MUSIC REVIEW | Todd Rundgren brings the unexpected to the Varsity Theater
Twin Cities Daily Planet, May 21st

Todd Rundgren was nicely visible on a platform center stage, surrounded by electronics and a vintage microphone overhead. He only picked up his guitar a couple times, which may have been disappointing to some, but his impressive vocal stamina more...Read more

Music Producer to the Stars, Wade Martin, Opens World's Best Recording Studio ...
PR Web (press release), May 16th

Not to mention a vintage microphone locker that you have to see to believe. Mr. Martin says that analogue hardware is still irreplaceable in the pro audio world nor are we even close to being able to replicate the workings of analogue and digital...Read more

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SonicScoop, May 7th

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Telegraph.co.uk, April 28th

To enhance the period effect, she and producer James McMillan recorded the tracks at Angel Studios in Islington, using vintage microphones in a room “where they have this specific wood panelling that gives you that particular sound”. It wouldn't weave...Read more