Some customer feedback on our work & service

“The service i received from xaudia was 100% positive, communication was regular, great customer service and the results were fantastic. I will use them for all my microphones in the future.”

Chris Thompson, Bexhill Community Studio (B&O BM5 stereo set)

Picked up the BM6 yesterday and tried it today, sounds great! Many thanks for excellent service as always!!!

Fred Johansson, Exposure-the-musical (B&O BM6)

“Quick test on female vocalist (probably not the mic's primary candidate) and it was obvious how warm and rich the lows and mids are. Can't wait to experiment further! Thanks so much for the elegant upgrade.”

Don Rooke, The Henrys, Canada (Beeb Reslo)

“The mic sounds great! So much so that I'd like to order another one....”

Neil Shervell, UK (T-bone RM700 transformer & ribbon upgrade).

“Just wanted to let you know we received the mic the other week. It looks and sounds great! Thanks so much!”

Jeff, Sound Extractor Studios, Edmonton, Canada (Beeb Reslo)

“They look amazing. I’m really impressed by the sound. Used them on both electric guitars and they make them sound SUPER natural with a nice vintage edge.”

Miko Deckert, Netherlands (Beeb Reslos)

“I have now tested the microphone and all I can say is that you have done a brilliant job! It sounds like a new microphone.”

Peter Wikner, Stagger Productions, Sweden (Beyer M260)

“I have just received the mic and it sounds fantastic ! I have made tests with vocal and acoustic guitar and it's terrific! Thanks again for this beautiful work and good communication!”

David Moulié, Paris, France (Beeb Reslo)

“[I] just want to say thanks for a TOP JOB on the mics. They sound even better than before :-)”

Bart van Immerseel, Belgium (Sontronics Delta & Superlux R102 repairs)

“Really great work on the Reslo's, they sound amazing. Thanks for the work and passion for those microphones. Recorded drums and acoustic guitar with it, they sound superb! The sound that I was looking for!”

Alessio Di Tura, Belgium (Reslo RB and RV microphones)

“They did exactly what I wanted them to do...softened out the cymbals and gave a very nicely balanced but weighty picture of the kit. Very pleased!”

Tony Fitzpatrick, County Kildare, Ireland (Beeb Reslos)

“I had a session with the re ribboned RCA 77dx and the EV mic I bought from you really happy with them ! I appreciate your help.”

Chris Cummings, Blackpool, UK (RCA77DX, Electrovoice V2)

“... have used it on a couple of jobs now, and am loving the way it captures my voice and percussive instruments! Also great on acoustic guitar. Really happy with it!”

James Shuar, UK & Australia. (Beeb Reslo)

“...got them back to the states, hooked them up and they sound incredible. Thanks so much. I'll keep a regular look out on your site for any future ribbon mics I need.”

JJ Grey, Jacksonville, FL, USA (Beeb Reslos & Beyer M260)

“The Cadenza sounded great on drums, really brought out a nice low end thump wirth the kick but the snare still sounded nice and crisp. Plus the figure 8 pattern killed a bit of volume on the hats which balances things nicely!”

Lee Ackerley, UK (Cadenza re-ribbon and transformer upgrade)

“Itried out one of the Reslos in a couple of rehearsals for vocals and it sounds great - much more open with  nice highs and well rounded bass.”

Martin McMillan, France (Reslo RB microphones)

“Just to let you know I’ve received the Reslo Microphone. I did a quick check: excellent!

I will certainly recommend your company to others. (In fact, I did so already)”

Willem Molenaar, Netherlands  (‘Beeb’ Reslo)

“Have received the Reslo PR in excellent condition and sounding fabulous thanks very much”

Mark Harwood, Springvale Studios, UK (Reslo PR microphone)

“I just spent the weekend recording lots of drums with the [Beeb] mics. They are absolutely fantastic”

James Yates, Jamesdrums.com, UK (‘Beeb’ Reslos)

“I get this good feeling by just holding the mic in my hands :-) I love your sense of detail in every aspect, the brass, the way you done the power supply and the pattern switching, the case with your label. It is all beautiful. My first impressions are great detail, natural, clear and up front.”

Jørn Christensen, Rodeløkka studio, Olso, Norway (Custom tube microphone)

“I was very impressed with the results. Classy and smooth, not too dark, nicely detailed on vocals and acoustic guitar, especially when mic'ed from a distance of a few feet.”

Peet Didderiens, Netherlands (‘Beeb’ Reslo)

Thank you again for doing such a fantastic job of my Reslos. They sound awsome!, been recording drums all this week with great results. I can't believe how fat they sound.

Andrew Banfield, Superfly Studios. UK, (‘Beeb’ Reslo)

It's here! And sounds fantastic. Lovely job. And what a great sounding microphone.

Soho Steve, Racknophobia Productions, UK (AKG C12A)

“I have been trying the mic today and it sounds fantastic. We have had it above the drums and recording acoustic guitar and it sounds so warm and fabulous on everything I try it on. Thanks again for a quick and magical service.”

Warren Basset, UK (‘Beeb’ Reslos)

“The mic sounds great!!”

Steve Wold, UK, (RCA 74b)

“... ran the Reslos up on the balanced inputs on my Sony TC880-2 last night, absolutely amazing, had to wind the gain back  -15db, no hum, no noise, you certainly have done an excellent job and on sine wave test at 3kHz, they match to within 1.5db on my systems. The bass response is amazing.”

Andy Hearn, UK (‘Beeb’ Reslos)

“Those Reslo mics do have very nice highs and everything, the Royers did sound very very dull compared. I actually expected some cool lo-fi mics but those are missing nothing. Really happy.”

Matthias Hahn, Germany (‘Beeb’ Reslos)

“I am so chuffed with the reslo you sent me, loving using it to record pedal steel guitar tracks. It's awesome!”

Ben Wiltshire, UK (Reslo RV)

“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 Saturday, 13 April 2013.