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Pros & Cons
Pros
Mxl r144 ribbon mic is a total bargain. This is the best sounding mic i have used that costs under $100.
The r144 is a good bang for the buck. Makes me sound like a million bucks! The sound is large, spacious and sounds classy and “expensive.
Mxl r144 is a good-sounding ribbon mic (especially for the price) if you get too close, it is downright boomy. While my condenser mics are sensitive to 'plosives so i use a pop filter, the r144 seems somewhat more sensitive, especially to words beginn... Read More
This mic really shines when combined with an sm57 or e609 on a guitar amp. Great on guitar amps. I own a royer r-121 ribbon microphone, it's pretty much the industry standard for ribbon instrument microphones.
Light and gentle breath, not a hard and forceful blow. It has a warmth and a natural sound i have never gotten with ldc's.
Cons
The $60 mxl 770 is much quieter, warmer, and useful. Save money and buy a royer.
Highlights
Quality
Its because of the quality that i gave the mic 4 stars not 5
Once you accomplished that this microphone has the quality of a 300 microphone
Turning down the treble may make the strident quality less obtrusive but you still have a crappy high end
I am not confident in the build quality
Price
The r144 receives generally good reviews and the price is low enough so it went onto my things to get list
We also have a bluebird that is about 2x the price we paid for this
Packaging/appearance
Wanting to move up to a ribbon microphone the mxl r144 package has served me well
Competitiveness
I boost mine with a cloudlifter and a bit of eq and shockingly it sounds wonderful
After putting a cloudlifter cl1 between the r144 and the zoom r16 and setting the gain at about the 12 oclock position the mic came to life
The new mxl r144 ribbon microphone is unmodified at this point this is my first encounter with this particular low priced mxl model
Then i ran it through my presonus blue tube and man talk about aggressive
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- This product had a total of 236 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 25 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It sounds nothing like a cheep mike
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Really i could probably resell this microphone for twice the money
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And i will also tell you that i purchased two of them to find an example i was happy with i returned the other one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And be advised the only difference between the two mics visually was the ribbons themselves and the ribbon support
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Sure it is reported by people like michael joly and other ribbon knowledgable people that the ribbon needs to be centered in the magnetic field and that it should not sag
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well ok i have also never see a written explanation as to what happens to the audio if the ribbon is sagging only that it should not sag if you want good performance
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The large meshed outside cage i left obviously but the inside smaller metal mesh screencage that is soldered to it i removed
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