mxl – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:43:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 MXL R40 Ribbon Mics are back at M F dot com for $69.99 https://www.preservationsound.com/mxl-r40-ribbon-mics-are-back-at-m-f-dot-com-for-69-99/ https://www.preservationsound.com/mxl-r40-ribbon-mics-are-back-at-m-f-dot-com-for-69-99/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:43:51 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7719 MXL_R40_test_setupHow are y’all doin on this bright+chilly day.  Wanted to L Y K that the MXL R40 Ribbon Mics are apparently available again for $69 at musicians friend dot com.  Click here to go to their website.  The prices on this item fluctuate wildly, so if you’ve been considering buying your first ribbon mic (or maybe a knock-around unit for live sound use….???), this might be the time to move.

While not a great microphone on the level of a good vintage RCA or Beyer, the MXL sounds surprisingly good when mod’d with an aftermarket transformer.  We ran an article on this easy+inexpensive process some years ago, and it has proven to be one of the most popular articles on PreservationSound.

Click here to read that article.

…And click hear to check out a listening test that we did of 4 different ribbon mics, including the mod’d R40.

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