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Originally Posted by avebr  I believe the answer is cost. When the V77 appeared, a MSRP of US$699 (actually SRP of US$399) for a tube-mic was 'cheap'.
Nowadays, cheap means < US$150?!? And how it will be in the next 5 years?!?! ... |
yeah. same for ribbon mics. In that realm the rock bottom price seems to have been reached. I watch prices extensively and frequently - $79 has held as the lowest price for a ribbon mic for quite a while. When the Oktava ML-52 started the low priced ribbon trend it was around $500 list.
So I find it interesting that after years of pushing lowest cost condenser mics, MXL now offers mics like the Genesis tube mic which streets for $500-$600 as a strategy to reverse price erosion.