Royer Labs R-122V
Ribbon Microphone
Microphone$3,999Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Ribbon Microphone
- Topology
- ribbon (tube/vacuum-tube active)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- handheld/stand-mounted studio mic body with external tube power supply
- Powered
- true
- Drivers
- 2.5-micron aluminum ribbon, Rare Earth Neodymium magnets; JAN mil-spec 5840W pentode tube wired in triode configuration
- Frequency response
- 30-15,000 Hz +/-3dB
- Max SPL
- >160dB @ 1kHz, >135dB @ 20Hz
- Sensitivity
- -36 dB (re. 1v/pa +/-1dB)
- Polar pattern
- figure-8
- Impedance (Ω)
- 200 (output, balanced); rated load 1k
- Back design
- figure-8 bidirectional
- Introduced
- 2001 (originally developed); evolved since
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
I/O: 1x multipin mic output to dedicated external PSU; PSU provides XLR audio output
Notable use: Used by Paul Galbraith, Calexico, DeVotchKa, LAGQ (per Royer marketing copy).
Notes: FLAG: World's first vacuum-tube ribbon mic (Royer's own claim). Powered by dedicated external tube power supply (plate 135VDC@2mA, filament 6VDC@150mA), not by 48V phantom, so phantom_power=false. price_usd=3999 is Sweetwater-listed MSRP; a Reverb listing cites $3,999 MSRP / $3,299 MAP street price — MSRP used here, street price lower.