the t.bone RM 700 4-stars Reviews

Great Value for money

This mic delivers very good quality for the price. I've used it successfully on orchestra, brass, acoustic guitar and even a bright vocal. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a ribbon mic.

Great ribbon mic for the price!

I love 'em! They are very good microphones for the price, I used them on various sources, love them as drum overhead when I need a "darker" sound.

I recommend to pair it with a db booster to have a cleaner sound (they are a bit noisy).

Shock mount is included but not very solid.

the t.bone RM 700

good mic, nice sound

Warm and a beatifful round sound.

I like it really much, and really good for the price.

Quality Value for money

Bought this to try some mid side recording on acoustic guitar

Paired with an akg ck91 .

Not the biggest signal but adds a warmth to the room sound when used as figure 8 in mid side pair.

Not perfectly balanced on both sides of the ribbon ,slightly weaker signal to the right hand side (back of mic)

But for price it works very well, I’m happy with it.

Much cheaper than the big brand alternatives.

Have not tried it for any other purpose at present.

Really good for the pricerange and beyond

TBone Microphones are cheap mics that have simialar sonic capturing traits compared to the more pricey range ribbon mics. How ever, the microphone is sensitive to close range setups on guitarcabinets and are more suitable for mid range room micing of drums and guitar cabs. The mic is REALLY excellent for aquistic instruments and also as a secondary mic in a two mic vocal setup, for lower mids and bass layering to get the warm round signature even with high pass filter engaged.

I really love this mic and would easily have bought a second one if needed.

Affordable & Very Usable Ribbon Mic

Looks a bit cheap with the random looking Logo and text from T-Bone. Shame because its packed amazingly in an attache briefcase and wooden case with nice cradle/mic clip. Very cheap option for getting into the Ribbon mic sound (dont forget to keep you 48v OFF)

Secret weapon on Toms

Try these on toms. You won't believe how good they sound. Just aim the "pancake " parallel to the shell ( or at 90 degrees to the head..) and make sure the "null" or thin part of the pancake looks at the cymbals. You will be amazed at the very low amount of spill for the cymbals, and at the full forced puncyness of the tom sound.

Nice, cheap and good sounding

If u are searching for a ribbon mic which is cheap for give that warm sound to your acoustic instruments, this is what u want to buy...

t.bone RM 700

Used the t.bone RM 700 on vocals, guitars ( acoustic and elec ) and as room mic on drumkits, it works perfectly as a room mic it offers all the dark ambience you expect from a ribbon mic to endure your mix of the drumkit, but its a bit darker than it should, it has an "over the top" boost on low frequencies so it wont make a good choice for overhead micing, also because of that "boost" on the low freqs and the proximity effect its also not a good choice for vocals,

But it makes an exceptional good choise for guitar micing especially for clean electric guitars, it offers an wonderful dark "round shaped" sound.

Overall, its more than a usefull mic to have, it has GREAT metalic construction,very solid, it has all the "good" effects of a norma(expensive) ribbon mic in a very very low price and not so "sensitive" as the other ribbon mics are,

A very nice mic to have in your collection with plenty of uses, professionaly or not.

P.S. used on 4 different pre amps (api, golden age,allen&heath) and the pre amps from a focusrite scarlet 10i20, worked fine on all of them, as a ribbon i expected to be sensitive so i pushed it on the limit and more, but nothing happened the mic had no problem still working fine.

Great first ribbon mic

I bought this to experiment with until I can afford a pair of coles 4038s, but I'm pretty happy with it and I would consider getting another one.

With a good preamp the noise isn't a problem, the transformer gives a higher output than I was expecting.

The sound is warm but natural, and in my first test recording (guitar cab) the track sat well in the mix without any eq. I'm interested to see how it fares with drums and vocals.

I tried a mid/side of the guitar and that sounded great too, I've heard a few reviewers say that because the back of the mic is brighter, it isn't good at m/s... But I'd file that advice in the same place as "don't buy two mics, buy a matched pair"... In the bin.

soft sound ribbon mic, with nice real hardwood cace and low cost

Well, there is ribbon microphones and there is royer. This is t.bone, witch give you budget cost, warm soft sound to your instrument. And mic can handle quite big mount of sound pressure, without broke sound. But hey, It's ribbon microphone.

T Bone RM700 Ribbon mic - relatively average budget mic with one special trick up it's sleeve!

This is an interesting mic. My understanding is that they're made in China and branded with the T-Bone name for sale in the EU, and also sold in America under a different brand name.

It's a budget ribbon mic, most likely aimed at people who might have a low end condenser, a couple of '57s, and are curious about the "third kind of mic". It's very well built; despite its lollipop construction it's all metal, feels sturdy and comes with a good shock mount, wooden carry case AND a padded aluminium flight case!

As with most Ribbons, the RM700 has a figure of 8 pickup pattern which makes application and placement quite critical - it hears equally well in both directions, so the room sound is as important as the direct sound. Ribbons tend to exhibit strong proximity effect - a low end build up as you move it closer to the sound source - so care must be taken to utilise this effect well. While most ribbons have low output, the RM700 seems relatively powerful thanks to its onboard transformer, however this is at the expense of some sound quality - while most Ribbons are quite dark sounding, the RM700 is even more mellow than most, and it lacks some of the snappy low and midrange detail that more expensive Ribbons such as the Coles 4038 and Royer 121 possess. HOWEVER - given the price points, it would be churlish to compare them too much.

Ribbons tend to be very sensitive to wind blasts from vocals, kick drum holes, bass ports etc. The RM700 seems to be more rugged than most though, and is rated to withstand high SPL levels. I found that the treble can be improved by opening the mic up and removing some extra pop shields that are taped in place. However as this makes the ribbon less protected and voids the warranty I'd not recommend it unless you're feeling particularly brave!

The mic has one strength that I think makes it very worth the money: The low-mid range. While on its own it can be quite dull, I absolutely love it when paired with another mic on guitar cabs. Alongside an SM57 on a guitar speaker, the RM700 brings out a really thick but rich lower midrange that adds depth and power to clean and distorted tones. It's my go to setup for recording my Vox AC30, and has also worked wonders on higher gained rigs too.

For that reason alone I think this mic justifies its existence in my collection, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a second mic for guitar amp duty.

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.

Nice mic, robust build, case(s), shockmount. Amazing for the money

It needs at least 60dB and preferably 80dB of gain, but when it's got it, it's a really nice mic. I can't believe it can be done for this price, but apparently it can. No power switch, but nice neat size, and looks great.

great for the price

Currently using a pair of these as some room mics, sound great