Superlux R102 5-stars Reviews

great value

The mic comes with a really nice case!! It is a bit heavy so if you're thinking the option to place it in a mic shock mount you should have one that holds weight good. The quality of construction seems nice! The sound is really great from what you expect from a ribbon mic in that price range. I use it with a condenser mic at the same time for recordings for vocals and classic and acoustic guitar and sounds great!!

Really nice ribbon microphone

To be fair, this is my first ribbon mic. And I never really was a fan of ribbon microfones, could not imagine I would actually buy one some day. But I'm a fan of Superlux and theit price/quality ratio, have some of their gear I would never call flwaless, but it was the best I could buy in my region and with my money.

So far it's my first week posessing R102, and I've already tried it on recording vocals, making CabIR from Warwick Sweet 25.1 bass amp (15" speaker) and Peavey XXL412 cab, utilizing it in Mid-Side configuration to record a rehersal. The results are quite satisfactory, according to my subjective taste and positive feedback from my drunk friends.

Other reviewer said its "built like a tank" and that's not mere words. It is pretty weighty, so much that it gives you a sence of confidence in the product you are holding in your hands. The mic holder has metal frame and plastic housing, but it looks like a good type of plastic, that would not break in the next half of a year given moderately careful treatment.

I have seen lots of reviews on youtube with samples of different applications, and comparing it with Shure SM7B or other microphones. Most of them tend to argee that Superlux R102 is simply a solid mic on it's own and the price of it is pretty attractive and tempting. So if you are microphone enthusiast, which i think I'm slowly, painfully and partially unwillingly becoming, or just have a need or want for a microphone with warm, yet not muffled, ribbon sound for whatever sick applications your twisted mind might have and have spare 100 euros to spend - go grab one. I would say with this one you have a pretty low chance to be disappointed in this little guy.

BTW, I couldn't tell if the design of this mic was borrowed from somewhere, as it happens usually happens, or it is a Supurlux original design - the mic looks neet. That's comming from a person preferrs application over appearence and would rarely complement such thing.

Really Good

Using it to record trumpet.

So far so good. No problems with it. Sound amazing when you get the right mixing with the microphone. For brass instruments its amazing and sounds really warm.

if you are a brass player, you should get this microphone.

It sounds really dark and muddy but good.

I bought it to combat using harsher sounding Rode NT1 that I already own. It works well but the vocals can sound a little too nasally and oh yeah, it clips reeeallly easily.

Quite unbeatable when used with acoustic or electric guitar or to mic a piano.

only tried it live, great stuff

Tried this live at a show, instantly ordered it for my home studio, quality build and a lovely warm sound combined with an Sm57.

I havent tried recording with it yet.

cant believe how cheap it is!

I Love My R102

used exclusively on acoustic guitars for M/S mic setup along with MK012 and they sound huge together

Very nice powered ribbon mic

These ribbon mic's are ver high quality, and come in a robust case. I use them for acoustic guitar, and for recording off the speakers of two combo's. The mic's are phantom powered. There are no other ribbon mikes to compare at this price. The record the guitar sounds spectrum of frequencies and dynamics very well in all situations, including recording.