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covert · 28th January 2004

While I realize that the cachet of LDC mics is very high, I cannot figure out why nobody is having ribbon mics built in china. As best I understand things, it should be eaiser to do ribbons than to build good LDC capsules. And between Royer and AEA, the market is pretty solidly established. I'd happily pay a couple of hundred for a mic that was 50% to 90% of a Royer, or even one that was some serious competition for some of the Beyers. I know that there are a couple of relatively inexpensive Octavas, but they have an unusually nasty reputation, and aren't as cheap comparatively as the LDC units.

28th January 2004	#1
covert Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2002 Location: capitol district NY Posts: 522 Thread Starter	Why no chinese ribbons? While I realize that the cachet of LDC mics is very high, I cannot figure out why nobody is having ribbon mics built in china. As best I understand things, it should be eaiser to do ribbons than to build good LDC capsules. And between Royer and AEA, the market is pretty solidly established. I'd happily pay a couple of hundred for a mic that was 50% to 90% of a Royer, or even one that was some serious competition for some of the Beyers. I know that there are a couple of relatively inexpensive Octavas, but they have an unusually nasty reputation, and aren't as cheap comparatively as the LDC units.