the t.bone RM 700 5-stars Reviews

LUSH! And NOT FRAGILE!

Hard as nail, have one laying around, hooked to the sound card and constantly in monitoring mode, gives you the lushest sound if you position AND angle it right but if you always wondered what is it to record with ribbons, there you go, before you spend big bucks on known suspects, for me personally, this coupled with the FetAmp quenched my thirst

I like this thing. Have been using it for a year, trying it on voice, guitar and clarinet. Bought another one to try out Blumlein array. You have to learn using and positioning this mic, sometimes it sounds great in another context it does not and you better use something else. Sometimes you have to eq and it works. I havn´t fully understood it. The self noise of this mic is really really low. I love that. It does not react as crazy sensitive on floor vibrations as its larger brother RB 500. That makes it much more easy and universal to use. The price is incredible low. Perhaps one of the best cheap ribbon mics you can get. Shockmount box and case just perfect.

The "Secret Sauce"

We all know the struggle - the guitar sounds great from an amp, but once recorded, its almost flat. Why? Probably because you haven't invested into one of those ribbon mics :)

I use this one at the same time with Shure SM57 and that gives me the quality & dynamic range my guitars deserve. SM57 is very precise, but IMHO flat when used by itself.

The RM 700 adds the warmth & bass that counter-balances the precision of the 57. Together they form a duet that will kick some serious a**.

Would I use it by itself? Probably not, but I don't believe anyone should record amps with only 1 mic.

In terms of build quality - Wow! Sound quality - wow! Even the wooden & metal cases will fool you into thinking it is a $400-1000 mic.

Basically, if you are serious about your sound, this is a no-brainer. Just go for it & prepare to take your guitar recording to the next level.

Sounds great!

A great sounding mic to compete with more expensive ribbon microphones on the market. Just recorded an album with the RM 700 mic on guitars and i was blown away with the result. Pairs well with an tube preamp.

Tbone ribb mic

Very nice, warm, vintage sound.

Cheap ribbon to pair with SM57

I bought this mic to pair it with the SM57 on guitar cabs.

It is obviously not in the same league of the higher end ribbon mics but it does a GREAT job for the price: adds body to the SM57.

Highly recommended for home studios or those who would like to have a taste of the ribbon sound without budget.

LOVE THIS RIBBON MIC

Crispy, Clean and full of body. For any price this thing has loads of Mojo in spades! Quality is solid as hell as well. All metal as far as I can see and heavy solid piece of quality equipment. Its been just over a year of steady studio use and Im sure I will have this for a long time with out any issues.

Price is unbelievable for anything made this good.

It's just one of those companies who are trying to prove something and they certainly are being heard. I imagine this will be going of at 300+ in a few years so get em while they cheap...lol

Really nice warm tone most of all.

Perfect for the Trombone

I'm utterly delighted with this microphone and would recommend it for sure. It is very well build, sounds great recording brass and comes housed in a wooden box, which is held in a small flight case! It' also comes with a great shockmount, so is a total bargain

REALLY GOOD

CAN'T BELIEVE HOW GOOD THIS MIC IS. BUY ONE!

Good for Acoustic Mandolin

I like the sound this mic gives me with several different mandolins. It sounds natural and very musical.

Previously I'd been using condenser mics, which are often tuned for vocals, with a peak in the upper frequencies. The condenser-mic recordings I made of mandolin were detailed but shrill, harsh, painful at times, and not really resembling the original instrument. I took a gamble on the RM700 as a low-cost introduction to ribbon mics. I was not disappointed - if anything it has exceeded my expectations. When I listen to recordings with this mic, there doesn't seem to be anything missing, at least everything I want to be there is captured, with none of the harshness.

The microphone works pretty well straight into my recorder (Tascam DR100III) though the gain has to be turned up quite high. Adding a preamp of the 'cloudlifter' type would help - I went for a very low-cost option and it seems ok. Even without anything extra, the recordings are loud enough to not have any obvious preamp noise.

The only sense in which it is slightly inappropriate for my needs is the generous low-frequency response, going down to subterranean frequencies, but that is easily handled with a bit of low-cut. The Tascam is helpful in that respect, offering several different settings.

Overall, I'm pleased, I like the sound of the RM700 with my acoustic instruments.

Great ribbon mic!

I record guitar and cello and this mic gives my mix a great vintage warm bass round sound.

I wouldnt record a cello with only this mic because its too dark at the front and back, but paired with a 57 (works great also on guitars) or a royer sound great.

The wood and metallic boxes are great future.

The side is great for M/S recording.

At this point, for the price ... I probably get a pair of these for recording drums.

How can it be made at this price point

I love this mic. The wooden case inside a carry-case is sweet to begin with. It is built very well. The sound is what I would expect it to be from a ribbon mic. I use it mainly to mic a guitar amp (Blues Junior Tweed). It gives a little more richness and dynamics to the sound from the amp. As a bonus, it looks cool in the studio.

Nice and good sounding

I use this microphone with the Shure SM57 for recording electric guitars. It is amazing how good sound can be squeezed out of such a cheap microphone. Very pleasant middle and lower frequencies. I will never sell it! I highly recommend !!!

Sounds very good for the price

I bought two of these for use as overheads, but I have tried it on vocals (both male and female), and with generic and a bit more higher quality mic pre's. The mic pre made a huge difference, but both examples were good. if you a re looking for a vintage vibe that is colored you cant go wrong with these. PS. I just ordered a RM500 to check it out as well..

Great Mic for this price

Really a great and versatile mic for this price. I own 4 of them and use it in the studio on different things like, oh's, close rooms, snare bottom, guitars, and toms and it works really great on everything. The sound is what you expect from a Ribbon mic, specially the low end is very nice and you don't have irritating high's. It can even handle the pressure of a kick drum. So if you want a boomy room sound, fat and low guitars, a fat snare bottom, low toms, or sweet oh's this is your mic. Unbeatable for this money!

Best value mic out there

This little one was a pleasant suprise. It comes in a sturdy aluminum case. Inside is a wooden case with a shockmount, a description and the mic itself. The microphone sounds absolutely great. I prefer this one on my guitar cabs to my Beyer M160 (which is 5-6x the price). Can't recommend this microphone enough!!

My "go to" mic for trumpet.

I wanted a cheap ribbon mic to see how it works on brass instruments. After using it, it was a "love at first... recording". Got rid of all the harshness you'll get when using a condenser on brass.

Also, it's not that fragile as I thought it would be.

My 2 years old son played with the buttons on my preamp while the mic was on, and he started several times the phantom power O_o

The mic still functions well after that (still, don't do that, it might break the ribbon).

Great microphone at a steal of a price

I was honestly highly skeptical at this price point but on arrival, the flight case, wooden box, and shock mount are of a good quality. Similar to the quality of SE microphones accessories. The microphone itself is reassuringly heavy and has a good overall finish. When plugged in it sounded great, for the price it would be hard to complain. It has so far worked well on acoustic guitar and drums as well as being nice when blended in with an SM7 on male vocals. Id go as far as to say it sounds identical to another similar looking popular ribbon of at least twice the price.

Surprisingly good value

I'm new to home recording and to ribbon mikes, I'm predominantly a guitar player and have some boutique valve amps capable of great sounds at 'home' volumes and wanted to be able to capture that on my basic DAW. I tried an SM57 and a LDC mic, not bad but not what I was after.so after reading a lot on the Internet I thought I'd try the RM700. I don't know how these are made for the price, packaging is great and the mic itself has a nice weight and feels solid. Sound is great, deep and rich. Ribbons are typically a bit lacking in upper frequencies but I didn't find this to be a negative thing with this mic, also it seemed to have plenty of output, I certainly didn't need to crank the gain too much (using a focusrite saffire6) so noise wasn't a problem either. All in all, I'm delighted with this so far.

Very warm

These mics are very warm. The high end signal could be better, but if you are using them for bright or low instruments they sound great.

The only downfall is that they need to be pre-amplified quite a bit (which causes a little bit of noise)

Great for overhead mics on drums (Blumlein) And MS stereo micing an acoustic guitar.

They are built very well, feel sturdy and the boxes are awesome too!