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Originally Posted by Corran  retensioning the ribbon is a great thing to do. Mine were severly untensioned and I retensioned both (without breaking them!) and they sounded a lot better. |
Right. I just worked on two Nady RSM-3 (Royer-look) mics today - both ribbons were so slack they were actually laying on the baffle screen when the mic was held horizontal.
These were "early issue" RSM-3 mics that came in wooden boxes. These early RSM-3 models featured the offset ribbon placement patented by Royer for use in the R121. This technique provides higher SPL handling on the front side and a brighter sound on the back side.
Later on Nady issued RSM-3 mics with ribbons centered in the magnet gap to get around their earlier infringement of the Royer patent.