Microphone Repairs - Some Customer Feedback on our work

“Have tested and its BRILLIANT, tested it along side my RCA 77DX and Beyer 260M and it stands its ground. Great job.”

Fernando Raposo, UK (Golden Age R1, repair and upgrade)

“Hi Stewart, just got the mics back this morning and the RCA sounds amazing! I remember now why I got it! Really brilliant work thank you. Just tried it on my 60s Gibson acoustic through a Telefunken v76. Brilliant.”

Adrian Utley, Portishead, UK (RCA 77DX)

“Enormous and pretty detailed sound in Blumlein mode - thanks for your excellent work.”

John Gooding, York, UK (T-bone RM100 transformer upgrade and reribbon)

“Have given it a quick check over, and it seems to work really well, you've done an excellent job. I had tried it out a few weeks ago [before repair], and it seemed very dull and weak. Now there seems to be a much better 'top end' on it than before and a higher output level.”

Campbell Hughes, UK (Cadenza ribbon mic)

“The mic sounds great! Good work and thanks. There's nothing better than a happy customer.”

Ross Orton, UK (RCA BK5)

“Thanks for all your work! The GEC is unbelievably smooth-sounding. You put it on headphones and it's almost as though there's no mic there.”

Sam Inglis, UK (GEC ribbon microphone)

“Wow Stewart! They are great!!! THANKS! I test them this morning, wow… I'm really surprised.

The RCA is super, and the B&O is really nice!”

Jules Fransen, Netherlands (RCA 74b & B&O BM6)

“Thanks for all!. The reslo is wonderful.” ..... “Perfect!!! thanks for all!”

Andrea Scardovi, Italy (Reslo RB & RCA 74b)

“I had a chance to give it a try at the weekend micing up our fiddle player for a rehearsal recording. It did a wonderful job, and surprised me at how smooth it sounded. Thank you very much indeed for repairing and renovating the mic, and doing it so thoroughly and quickly.”

Steve Coates, UK (Beyer M260)

“Great job on the mics, they all sound really good and the matching transformer is a big plus.”

Nick Graham, UK, (Beyer M260 & Cadenza mics)

“First of all we'd like to thank you for the impressive packaging and also for your help and great job.

I have to say that the RB500 are really incredible compared to what I remembered. We put them up along with our Coles [4038s] and they held up beautifully.  Again, very pleased with them. The Beyers are also very good, more balanced and very open sounding.”

Ronnie, DIESEL 24062, Italy (T-bone RB500 & Beyer M500 repair & upgrade).

”The Varacoustic arrived and I've tested it a bit. It sounds really great, I'm impressed. It's very nice in front of an amp, but it is also quite sensitive and has a relatively good top end, which is great as it opens lots of possibilities. This is now clearly my best ribbon.”

Santiago Calvo Ramos, Otherdays music (RCA Varacoustic)

“Thanks so much for fixing my mic.  Absolutely excellent job. Sounds great. Much better. Thanks also for the new cable and plug. Really appreciated.  As was the superb packing.”

Matthew Moore, matthewmooremusic.co.uk (T-bone RB500 upgrade)

“Thanks for the good work! Did a test with acoustic guitar this morning, even better than I had hoped for. Now the Reslos will be an asset in my mic locker instead of some more junk just lying around.”

Göran Petersson, Sweden (Reslo ribbon mics)

“I finally gave the mic a proper spin today. I'm very pleased with it! sounds exactly as I thought it would, Your boosters are quite uncoloured too, thank you! I'm keeping them along with a good opinion on your ribbons”

Michele Pellino, UK (B&O BM5 stereo set, re-ribboned)

“I’m very happy with it, I’m using it with great results on acoustic guitar.”

Anders Grop, Germany (Beyer M260).

“The BM3 is seeing a lot of use in my studio. I've been using it as a mono drum overhead, as a room mic on guitar amps and it was perfect on kalimba and vibraphone. When I needed to record a group of backing singers and had only one track available I positioned them around the BM3 and it worked like a charm. Great sounding mic!”

Peet Didderiens, Netherlands (B&O BM3, re-ribboned and upgraded transformer)

“The tone was much superior than it had been. It's now very useable. The high-mids do not have that pinched, phase shift sound anymore & the highs have much more extension & detail.”

Matt Howe, UK (RCA 77DX)

“I am so thrilled with my Melodium, great job. I think it is the start of a love affair.”

George Apsion, Kore Studios, UK (Melodium 42b)

“Hi! I've received the microphone and it's working great! Thank you so much!”

Matt Ball, Inspire Music, UK (SE Gemini)

“Got to do some proper recording with the mic today and it sounded great. Thanks again.”

Cameron Craig, Cameroncraig.co.uk, (B&O stereo microphone)

“Received the Mic today, it sounds fantastic!! Better than my other one and louder! Thank you very much for an excellent job!”

Fred Johanson, UK (RCA 74b)

“Sounds fab so thank you VERY much for your quick and quality service! Low end sounded great... that's the main thing I noticed soon as I pushed the fader up!”

Duncan Bouchot-Humbert, Face Studios, UK (RCA 77DX)

“I am really happy with your work on the GEC ribbon. It sounds great on a guitar amp, a bit like the Varacoustic did, but is more sensitive, so I can use it on quieter sources too. I've had a lot of fun AB-ing it with my other microphones and I think it will be really useful.”

Santiago Calvo Ramos, Otherdays music (GEC BCS 2370 ribbon mic)

“I just wanted to say the mics sound really good! Especially the Philco.”

Nick Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden. (Philco badged Electrovoice V1, RCA 74b and Reslo RBL)

“Friday I received the D12 and 42B modded, thank you very much for your work and safe parcel. The 42B modded sound very good. I compared with a not modified original, both remain interesting but the modified has definitively a bandwidth more vast.”

Matteo Mannoni, Infernale Machine Studios, France (Melodium 42B)

“The RCA was a lot brighter than I expected, but a really nice sound without very much noise at all. The Reslo was also very quiet [low noise] with much more bottom and lower mids making it a lot warmer. More than pleased with both of them!”

Paul Adams, Fellside Recording, UK (RCA 74b & Reslo microphones)

“What a massive improvement! Tried it on my Marshall 1979 valve amp and got a really warm recording and its also excellent on my voice.”

Denny Tuckerman, http://www.leviset.co.uk (Reslo RBL microphone)

“I made a quick test with the RCA plugged in the Studer console and his first impression is rather very good! The mic sounds well balanced with no noise. Many thanks for your nice work!”

Matteo Mannoni, Infernale Machine Studios, France (RCA 74b)

“Just to let you know that my varacoustic is sounding fantastic on vocals, acoustic guitar and violin.”

Mark Stevens, UK (RCA Varacoustic)

“The RCA has a lot of mids, so we tried it on the double bass as I originally intended and it was fantastic.  We had the U47 out just in case but I didn't even plug it in.  Now I have to try it on everything else I have on hand, that mid thing should be useful on horns as well. If I stumble upon some busted ribbons you'll be hearing from me!”

Jules Fradet, DADA studios, Belgium (RCA Junior MI-4010-A)

“I’m very pleased with the microphone. It has a stronger output and the special character of this mic is still there. And it looks great! Nice work. I will recommend your service to everyone I know.”

Jørn Christensen, Rodeløkka studio, Norway (RCA 74b)

“I tried it on several sources, and it really shines on guitar amp, very impressive. Also good for tuned percussion, which is one of my favourite uses for ribbons. I think your re-ribboning has worked great and the new transformer is instrumental in making the mic usable, so many thanks.”

Santiago Calvo, UK (RCA Varacoustic)

“I have tried the mic on a session at the weekend and it works great!. Many thanks for the great service!”

Darren Feris, Higher Rhythm, UK (RB500 microphone repair)

Updated Friday, 18 May 2012.