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Fake Price: $249.00
Real Price: $125.00
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Apex 210 Ribbon Microphone
Description
Generally
considered to be the ideal microphone for vocals, solo instruments and any
broadcast application, the classic ribbon microphone design boasts the most
natural sounding audio capture available. Traditionally the ribbon microphone
has remained exclusively in the realm of the large studio, until now.
The Apex210 has been engineered to deliver the unique character and tone of the
classic ribbon design at an unbelievable price, making the ribbon microphone
available for the first time to the home studio enthusiast and project studio
engineer.
The active element of the Apex210 is a very thin corrugated aluminum ribbon
mounted under low tension between the poles of a strong magnet. The asymmetrical
figure-8 pickup pattern has an extended sweet spot on the rear face of the
microphone allowing the recording to accurately reproduce the natural space and
ambient reverberation of a good sounding live room with incredibly fast and
accurate transient response and stunning realism. The Apex210 ribbon microphone
is ideal for today's direct to digital recordings.
Although ribbon microphones are by their nature extremely fragile, the Apex210
can handle high sound pressure levels approaching 165dB range. The low-tension
2-inch long, 2-micron thick aluminum ribbon design offers audio reproduction
with smooth, natural extended low and high frequency response. The Apex210 is
shipped with a custom designed aluminum carrying case. The integrated yoke mic
stand mount and internal shock mount assembly protects the extremely fragile
ribbon element during use.
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APEX 210 Review /
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All ZenPro Audio Reviews Here: Review Page
The 210 is the big brother of the
APEX 205, much larger and heavier and also has an attached XLR cable. In the
under $150 ribbon pricing range as an “un-modded” mic, the 210 happens to be my
favorite right out of the box.
There is a bigger sound to be had vs
the 205, but I also like the top end response better with the 210 on things
like drums. For an inexpensive room mic I would suggest the 210, it can do OK on
acoustic sources too and tends to round off transients a bit if you’re looking
for that smoothed out sort of sound. The low end can be woofy, again not a real
strong performer on close mic’d guitar cabs but back it off a bit and it’s
beyond useable. In a recent live ribbon shootout, the 210 bested quite a few
expensive ribbons on drum room.
Conclusion: Another strong entry
level performer I can attest to, the 210 is a lot of mic for short cash. If the
budget is tight and you don’t want to have the mic modded, grab a 210.
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