RM 700 : Great mic for the price!

The T. bone RM 700 is shipped in rather cheap-looking aluminium case which in spite of its cheapness does the job just fine, maybe not road-worthly but gives some protection. Inside the aluminium case there is the shock mount and a wooden box that stores the ribbon mic itself. The shock mount is very low quality and hard to set up but it is still usable even tough it is not very reliable.

The ribbon mic itself feels very solid and is finished nicely. The sound of the mic is just what one would expect from a ribbon mic, very warm and round sounding, maybe a bit too dark. The 8 figure picks up a lot of room sound which is a good or a bad thing depending on the source being miked and most importantly on what the room sounds like. Works also great on different stereo miking techniques such as blumlein and mid/side. The mic has a lot of proximity effect and is almost unusable in close-miking guitar amps but gives great results when backing the mic up about a half meter. Other great uses for the RM700 are drum overheads and all kinds of room miking.