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R144 Product Description
R144 Owner’s Manual- Joly on Ribbon Architecture
Summer NAMM Product Intro, SOS
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MXL R144
Street: $100 / MSRP: $160 Bidirectional Ribbon Microphone
Description
The R144 is a budget ribbon microphone. With a street price around $100, it is the least costly ribbon microphone we’ve seen to date.
This model was initially introduced as the “R44” during the summer of 2009, but by Summer NAMM it had already been renamed to avoid confusion with AEA’s rather more expensive R44C.
The only discernable difference, besides the name, is the color: the R44’s purple body paint had been swapped for cobalt blue.
The ribbon is made of corrugated 1.8-micron aluminum. MXL documents the ribbon length at 47mm, but it is not clear whether that is the full length of the ribbon or the length of the magnets. (See Michael Joly’s article on ribbon motor architecture, linked from the sidebar, for more information.)
The R144 includes a micro-fiber cleaning cloth, a ring mount (MXL p/n V6-H), and an elastic shockmount (p/n MXL-06).
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The mic was released in 2009.
Specifications
| Pickup Patterns | Pads & Filters |
|---|---|
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Bidirectional
(1.6 mV/Pa; 20 - 17,000 Hz) |
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| Ribbon Construction | Impedance | SPL/Noise |
|---|---|---|
| 47mm, 1.8-micron aluminum ribbon | 250 Ohms (Low) | Max SPL: 130 dB |
| Weight | Length | Max Diameter | Interface(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400g (14.11oz) | 171mm (6.73'') | 47mm (1.85'') |
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| Power Specifications |
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