sE Electronics VR1 Ribbon Microphone

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, full frequency 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.

Specifications

• 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