AEA R84 Classic Big Ribbon Pressure Gradient Transducer Microphone
The AEA R84 is a side-address ribbon mic with a bidirectional polar pattern. Featuring an articulate midrange with a forgiving nature & a natural sound that is intimate, detailed, & warm
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AEAR84
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The R84 is a pill-shaped, side-address, ribbon microphone with a bidirectional pickup pattern. The R84 is assembled with the same Big Ribbon tuning (16.5 Hz) as the AEA/RCA R44 and share many of the unique sound characteristics with their historic predecessor. Designed to accommodate distant and medium miking duties, they exhibit a flat frequency response when placed 3 feet (1 meter) away from the source. As a result, the mic performs well on a variety of recording applications including vocals, brass, strings, woodwinds, guitars, and drums. R84 series microphones continue to gain followers with their natural sound, articulate midrange and forgiving nature. Whether used on vocals or instruments, their performance is intimate, warm and detailed, yet never harsh.
AEA R84 Classic Big Ribbon Pressure Gradient Transducer Microphone Features:
Pill-shaped, side-address, ribbon microphone with a bidirectional pickup pattern
Assembled with the same Big Ribbon tuning (16.5 Hz) as the AEA/RCA R44
Shares many of the unique sound characteristics with its historic predecessor
Designed to accommodate distant and medium miking duties
Exhibits a flat frequency response when placed 3 feet (1 meter) away from the source
Offers a natural sound, articulate midrange, and forgiving nature
Performance is intimate, warm and detailed, yet never harsh
Includes dust cover and case
Phantom power is not required or recommended for the passive R84. With a correctly wired cable and a properly working phantom power supply, there is actually little danger of damaging an R84 microphone with phantom power. However, passive ribbons such as the R84 can be damaged if ground (Pin 1) is accidentally shorted, miswired, or hot patched in a patch bay to (Pin 2) or (Pin 3). Using phantom power with a faulty or miswired cable or a defective supply can severely stretch or break a ribbon. Since passive ribbon microphones and other transformer-coupled microphones can be particularly vulnerable to phantom-power, it is recommended to make disengaging phantom-power before plugging and unplugging the microphone a habit.