Clarence Kane plies his trade of more than three decades of microphone repair. PITMAN, N.J. — Clarence Kane possesses a skill set that makes him rather unique in age of “if it’s broke, throw it away” ...

The year was 1924 when Dr. Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the ribbon microphone. The design was made up of a very fine ribbon suspended in a magnetic field that could generate ...

The possibility of calibrating directly a velocity microphone at frequencies below 1 kc/s by electrical measurements only has been investigated. Experiments carried out with ribbon type velocity ...

This microphone was made by Radio Corporation of America in Camden, New Jersey, late 1940s. It is a bi-directional Velocity Microphone, type 44-BX, serial #2421, made of metal designed in chromium and ...

The relentless march of technology has delivered much of the audio quality once available only in a professional recording studio into the home. For those who desire a return to the classic mellow ...

Experiments on the low frequency calibration of ribbon type velocity microphone by electrical impedance measurements have been extended to diaphragm type microphone. One of these microphones has been ...