The VR1 & VR2 are your new "secret weapon" ribbons.
The VR1, a passive ribbon to bring out the bite and edge from your guitar cabs with no muddy highs.
The VR ribbon microphones from sE mark a new era for ribbon mic technology.
Until the VR Series, the only ribbon mic in the world to perform across 20Hz-20kHz was our own Rupert Neve collaboration, the RNR1. This was achieved using state-of-the-art custom transformers and a Rupert Neve-designed circuit to reveal HF usually absent.
With the VR mics, the full frequency the response is achieved using a clever mechanical device designed by Siwei Zou, the company CEO, and a hand-tensioned ribbon constructed by our highly specialized technicians in sE's capsule room.
The result is a superbly detailed, open and natural recording of acoustic instruments and guitar cabs. The VR1 & VR2's ability to perform - coupled with their unique look - have already made them a secret weapon for top musicians and engineers worldwide.
USED BY:
- Queens of the Stone Age.
- Billy Gibbons.
- August Greene.
- My Morning Jacket.
- Pete Thorn.
- Steve Stevens.
- John Browne.
- Neil Cappellino.
- Linkin Park.
- Band of Horses.
- Taking Back Sunday.
- Paramore.
- Black Sabbath.
- David Hodges.
Specifications:
VR1 (passive)
- Electronics: Passive.
- Generating Element: Hand-tensioned 2.5µm aluminum ribbon.
- Directional Pattern: Figure-8.
- Frequency range: 20 Hz - 18 kHz.
- Impedance: 300 Ohms.
- Sensitivity: 1.78 mV/Pa (-55 dB).
- Max SPL: 135 dB (0.5% THD @ 1kHz).
- Signal to Noise Ratio: 75 dB.
- Self-Noise: 19 dB(A).
- Matching Connectors: XLR3F.
- Power requirement: N/A (phantom-protected).
- Weight: 230g / 8.11oz.