Xaudia / RCA 74B upgraded ribbon microphone
A classic ribbon mic from RCA, fully rebuilt and upgraded by Stewart here at Xaudia. It sounds as good as it looks.
This mic has a bit of a back story. It arrived into our workshop with very weak magnets and the RCA badges had been removed. This gave the opportunity to rebuild it around the Extinct Audio V12 magnet assembly, which has very similar dimensions and geometry to the original RCA design.
The mic has been cleaned and serviced, looks great and is in perfect working order, with a new ribbon and new balanced cable wired to XLR. Inside, the mic has been fitted with an Extinct Audio low noise output transformer which gives a deeper bass response. With the new magnets in place it has a much higher output and better signal to noise than the standard 74B.
The microphone body and grills have been stripped and refinished in satin black, and fitted with SAATI acoustic fabric grill cloths.
This would make a great microphone for vocals, guitars or as a room microphone – or pretty much anywhere you would reach for a big ribbon mic.
Output impedance is 250 ohms, ideal for all modern consoles and preamps.
Reserved for Mr. AK
