Hi, first time poster.
So I picked up a couple of cheap T.bone RB500's from a friend in the knowledge that one was broken. I opened it up and found the chrome on the magnet was peeling and the ribbon was torn. So I cleaned up the magnet and, as I didn't have proper ribbon, I used some kitchen foil which seems to be around 18 Microns (ish). Anyhow it works & I did a bit of tuning and I've got it sounding fairly close to the other one. However it does have a bit more hiss.
I was wondering if anyone could explain why that might be? Different impedence or such?
Hopefully the pictures in the links work. I note the original foils aren't crimped on these so I didn't bother. Will do the job properly at some point... (This is my first attempt at fixing a ribbon mic).
Before:
https://preview.ibb.co/g4PTnq/45876477-10157028479053478-8721154613216018432-o.jpg
After:
https://preview.ibb.co/kHBf0A/45783520-10157028478998478-4695720502432366592-o.jpg
So I picked up a couple of cheap T.bone RB500's from a friend in the knowledge that one was broken. I opened it up and found the chrome on the magnet was peeling and the ribbon was torn. So I cleaned up the magnet and, as I didn't have proper ribbon, I used some kitchen foil which seems to be around 18 Microns (ish). Anyhow it works & I did a bit of tuning and I've got it sounding fairly close to the other one. However it does have a bit more hiss.
I was wondering if anyone could explain why that might be? Different impedence or such?
Hopefully the pictures in the links work. I note the original foils aren't crimped on these so I didn't bother. Will do the job properly at some point... (This is my first attempt at fixing a ribbon mic).
Before:
https://preview.ibb.co/g4PTnq/45876477-10157028479053478-8721154613216018432-o.jpg
After:
https://preview.ibb.co/kHBf0A/45783520-10157028478998478-4695720502432366592-o.jpg