Barry Hufker
Well-known member
Please don't let me derail the thread but I am concerned about the apparently naive belief that all ribbon mics are the same and that prices are only due to marketing. Such a belief does not take into account any research (sometimes for months/years), prototyping, marketing, tooling, quality of materials, advertising, patents, service/warranty and many other things such as overhead and financial break-even point. Ribbon mics aren't all the same in construction, design, manufacture or basic quality and to dismiss them as all being the same is not giving proper credit to those who make a truly superior product. It is true there is something to be paid for brand recognition, but that does not negate the effort that goes into a truly fine product.