All user reviews of 4/5 for the The T.bone RM700

Everything has been said about the characteristics.
1 bag + 1 wooden box + 1 + 1 clip suspended micro = correct at this price it can not refuse!

OVERALL OPINION

I used a lot lately in recording electric guitar.
I love the sound color. It has many serious, perhaps too much. To compensate I deviate a little HP (30cm) and I cut the bass amp.
I find it more fun than the inevitable SM57 I am tired of his force to be heard on all prods. It is also softer than the other best-selling the E609 category.

Very good value for money.

INFO ON UPGRADE LUNDAHL LL2912
A friend has two RM700 on one of them we changed the transformer balancing a Lundahl LL2912, the rolls of ribbon mic transformer. After some tests ears wide open it seems that it does not improve the sound quality of the microphone. Damage, a myth collapses. I rallongerais this notice once we have pushed a little testing.

20/08/11:
Micro singing band, where I was looking for the warmth that they boast, and respect for male voices that characterizes them.

I put immediately in the chapter "" my opinion of its robustness: it has fallen one meter high, and still works like new. Maybe I had a bowl, but nothing has altered.

9 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

20/08/11:
This is my second after a Sony dynamic microphone. Something else. It requires a preamp couillu more than my mixer, which is why I bought a Lunnar TP-01.

The consideration of high volume sound cash he knows is that he is not comfortable in the records of intimate singing. Should push the preamp to capture is better rendered, and it causes the breath.

Me who has a rather high-pitched enough range, I have to force myself into my lower register to the trunk that rings out in the micro ... Or scream.

I will test soon rendered his transplant before the bowls of my bass and guitar amps, it may reveal skills that I did not expect necessarily.

Anyway, not much for a good tape VERY VERY SOLID.

8 / 10

I wanted to test a ribbon microphone without spending too much understeer, just to see.
I'm not going to compare it with models studio or high end, I have no experience for this. But I can say what tests I did and compare these tests with my other pickups.

First impression when opening the box, the microphone is smaller than I thought but gives a good impression of solidity. Hanger is much more cheap.

I plugged in my ultralight MKIII. There is no need for phantom power is like a dynamic microphone. It took up the gain level strong enough to get a proper recording level (+ 16 db about) but I have no breath annoying at this level.

I have first tested on my voice. I found the result less interesting (precise) with my static lamp at T Bone too. But there is a color not uninteresting in the midrange but the placement of the microphone to the mouth is quite tricky. I would do further testing away a little over the microphone or on the contrary, the closer but with a filter antipop. I will complete the review at this time.

Then, I used to dub the guitar amp (5 watt bugera a tube very nice). I placed 20-30 cm of Hp on the side of the baffle with the microphone slightly tilted towards the ground. On the same record I placed a dynamic AKG 320b mounted on the HP. I liked the result with the ribbon microphone, the character of the amp has been well preserved but the microphone to bring some sweetness to the sound. The momentum has been rendered more aggressive in terms of acute in comparison. The mixture of the two sockets gives a result quite right with a mix 2 / 3 Ribbon + 1 / 3 of dynamics with a slight panning between the two.
I did this test on a dozen current title with different guitars and different treatments (crunch sound, saturated, wah wah, Univibe, feedback, telecaster, sg, Vigier Excalibur, half cash, ...).
The test worked well for different moods.

On the few taken ribbon microphone was centered on top of HP unless it well.

In summary, I am not sure this is the microphone of the world, nor a real benchmark for ribbon microphone, but I think that this microphone can be useful on some specific applications. I feel it also requires more control in terms of its placement in space.



OVERALL OPINION

At that price, it's a choice I do not regret it.