sE Electronics VR1 instrument microphone

‌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 VR2, an active ribbon that can take violins and voices right to the foreground of your listener's stereo.
  
• 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.

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.

Specsifications:

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

Package includes: