the t.bone RB 100 Reviews

Absolute waarde voor uw geld

Zeer goeie ribbon micro, prijs kwaliteit TOP.

Good mick!

Good sound for a little money.

Just got this one too...sounds really good..

Looks and sounds professional. I don't think you need expensive mic to make a hit records..only great song. I recorded same vocal side by side with t.bone EM 700. Quality is practically the same...you can hear slightly difference, but in mix no one will ever notice. What I really don't like, that you have unclip everything to put it in box. Come on make box that you can place is safely with everything setup..just to grab it from the box. And I got it without brass part, so it would be problem if I didn't have that part from other Tbone mic. I would recommend to buy it

Amazing Sound

Comparing to a Ribbon that costs 10 times more, it handles very well.

Very warm basses, and full body of all spectrum.

Cannot believe that I got all of this for this price !

I am buying another one.

A bad sounding mic.

With the microphone you get a nice case and a shockmount, but the microphone itself just doesn't sound good, it's sluggish, not detailed in the slightest, it renders everything in the least flattering possible way, and it doesn't have any of the qualities you might desire from a ribbon microphone.

If you're on the cheap, the RB500 is a better choice in every possible sense.

I like it

It rocks blended with an sm 57 for guitar

t.bone RB 100

WOW-- My mandolin sounds so good!! :-)

Really surprised how useful this is for the price

I've been using this in a guitar iso cab alongside an SM57, and I've found it really useful to blend in. Since it's locked away, being able to balance things out with how dark this mic is in comparison to the 57 has been super useful.

Really pleased.

Great for the money

I really wanted a 121, but couldn't justify the price. This gets you 80% of the way to that sound for 5% of the price. Works great in conjunction with a 57 for double micing guitar amplifiers.

Very good quality at this price point

Looked for a first ribbon mic and bought this one. Unbeatable at this price point. Does whatever a ribbon mic has to do and what you expect from it. Lovely dark sound. Decent build. Easy handling. Very good on male voice and amplifiers. Not a Royer 121 but just the perfect ribbon mic for your home studio. Recommended!

Not for home recording

I had high hopes for this microphone and when it arrived it looked and felt the part. Unfortunately when testing it out on my guitar amp I could hardly get any signal through with my UA 710 open all the way, just a lot of noise. Even with a Klark Teknik CM-1 booster the signal noise ratio was horrible. In a live situation on loud guitar amps you could probably get a better signal, but for home recording it is useless.

Great for the money!

Used to record some jazz guitar, but in a more acoustic way also. Great capture of the sound, well built, the wooden case that is included is really fancy for the price! Really satisfied with the product!

Fine mic for the price

This mic works well for me. I had few expectations, considering the price, but I wanted to 'get into' ribbons.

Overall, the sound is on the dark/mellow side, but it was an advantage with a guitar combo, that ended up sounding wonderful and grungy. When close-micing a quiet male voice it also performed surprisingly well, sibliance and breath was well under control - and the mic responds very well to EQ. It's figure 8, of course, so placement needs to be be carefully considered, and some form of damping of the rear may be helpful.

This mic requires good pre-amps, because the output is quite low and the gain needs to be raised accordingly.

The RB 100 may not be the most open, crisp mic in the world, but to my mind it - and other ribbons, I suppose - brings a welcome alternative to the super crisp large diaphragm condensers.

Build quality is absolutely ok, the shock mount works well (just too bad that it doesn't fit in the box). I like the retro styling, and that it is not overdone.

Sounds like a broken mic

Probably, it came to me broken. Or it just Sounds very bad. Not as a regular ribbon mic. Built quality and the case is nice!)

OK

Does whats expected for price

Amazing for the price.

I use this as a room mic for recording drums and sometimes just as a single mic for the entire drum set. It sounds warm and nicely compressed which I really like. I wouldn't use it for recording where I need crystal clear signal, but then anyway ribbon mic won't be the right choice. It's not a Royer or Coles, but for this price, you get a very decent ribbon mic. It comes with a shock mount and a nice wooden box which is cool.

Amazing value for a ribbon mic.

I bought this mic on a "what have I got to lose" basis, but was pleasantly surprised, so much so, I've just ordered a second one. For recording vintage style music (my band play pre-war blues and ragtime) this mic works very well indeed. It has no real top-end response but sounds rich and full, on guitar, vocals, double bass and on guitar amps for steel guitar. A very authentic sound indeed, and a tad cheaper than an RCA44.

For the price you cant beat it

Brought to use as a mono overhead for drums amongst other things. Sounds natural and the cymbals sound amazing and smooth through it.

Great sound for low cost

This is a great low cost ribbon microphone. If you're looking for a similar style ribbon microphone but don't wan't to spend hundreds or thousands then this is a great place to start. I have this permanently set up on my amp along with the T.Bone 75 and the T.bone SC 140 and it sounds killer.

The only con I have with these affordable mics is the noise floor when the gain is cranked up a bit but apart from that I highly recommend this microphone.

Bang for the buck

I bought this mic primarely for guitar cabs. It holds high volume well and sounds nice and warm, as ribbon mic should. I recorded old marshall superleads, and you know how ungodly lound those thigs are, but it held well. I used it for overhead mix, for drum room mix, even on kick drum. It worked awsome on everything. It's a bit on a bass side, so it's great for low insturments. I recorded bass amp with it also. I didn't really like it on vocals though.

It comes in a nice box and velvet kinda bag. It's built to last, nice metal housing, and good enought connectors. Not the best, but good. Especially for the price. The whole mic is unbeateble for the money, really. It's useful on wide variety of instruments, it responds to eq well and nicely sits in a mix. I love it on guitar cabs paired with a nice 57. I use it for contrast to wide diafragm condensor, one guitar with ribbon, one with condensor.

It needs a good preamp though. It uses quite a lot of gain, it has weak signal, as most of ribbons do.

But as said, for the price, can't get any better.