Crowley & Tripp - Naked Eye

[warhead]

The Naked Eye is indeed a great mid-level ribbon, although I'm not a huge fan of the response of that mic ON THE REAR. There is some kind of slightly phase-y sounding thing happening in the mids where it seems to be missing something...kind of a hole there.

The FRONT of the mic however I find to be quite good, and of course isn't as bright on top like every other figure 8 ribbon out there. The Naked Eye isn't as woofy in the low end as some other ribbons either.

The Proscenium I have experience with and can tell you it is WORLDS better than the Naked Eye, anybody looking to really step it up in the world of ribbons would be amazed by the Proscenium methinks. Both sides of that mic offer real versatility and an even response that just rocks. Between that mic and a good EQ you could conquer many, many tasks from voice to instrument to amps.

Build quality from the mics to the cases is top notch.

War

[tubedude]

Originally Posted by warhead

The Naked Eye is indeed a great mid-level ribbon, although I'm not a huge fan of the response of that mic ON THE REAR. There is some kind of slightly phase-y sounding thing happening in the mids where it seems to be missing something...kind of a hole there.

The FRONT of the mic however I find to be quite good, and of course isn't as bright on top like every other figure 8 ribbon out there. The Naked Eye isn't as woofy in the low end as some other ribbons either.

The Proscenium I have experience with and can tell you it is WORLDS better than the Naked Eye, anybody looking to really step it up in the world of ribbons would be amazed by the Proscenium methinks. Both sides of that mic offer real versatility and an even response that just rocks. Between that mic and a good EQ you could conquer many, many tasks from voice to instrument to amps.

Build quality from the mics to the cases is top notch.

War

So you're saying its more even sounding than the chinese ribbons (I dont like too much bottom anyway, always have to get it out anyway) built better, but mid-level IYO, not quite a Royer?
How is the front side on cabs? Ever heard either side on vocals?

[Crowley]

Here's the polar front vs back response with some explanation of why it's like that

******//microphonium.blogspot.com/200...ibbon-mic.html



bob

[mr.gefell]

here's a nice review of the naked eye...pretty nice.

crowleytripp.pdf - 1.11MB

[tubedude]

I'm so damned interested in trying the Naked Eye. I might just have me one very soon. Where to demo?

[Andrew Kinsey]

Originally Posted by Colin Gaucher

The Sonotronics ribbon mic is that wacky looking thing with a weird shockmount right? I think both the Sonotronics and the C&T are priced about the same as well. $750ish or in that neighbourhood I think.

The Sontronics Sigma is actually a fair bit cheaper than the C&T Naked Eye but it doesnt have the dual voicing capabilities which make the Naked Eye such a flexible studio microphone.