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The active element of a ribbon microphone is a very thin corrugated aluminum ribbon mounted under low tension between the poles of a strong magnet. The low-tension 2-inch long, 2-micron thick aluminum ribbon used in the Apex205 offers audio reproduction with smooth, natural extended low and high frequency response, yet handles extremely fast transients accurately. Although ribbon microphones are by their nature extremely fragile, the Apex205 can handle high sound pressure levels approaching 165dB range.

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What's in YOUR mic locker???

414b xls (2) mk012 (2) sm7b sm57 (2) octavamod apex 205 ribbon...great mic, but ribbon needs retensioned I've sold recently v69m cad m179 (good mic, but redundant with the two 414's) For sale ST31 For stage use Samson C01

Cloudlifter?

...think the need for them is not as real as some of you are led to believe. I bought an Apex 205 ribbon and for any acoustic guitar violin, cello, I used it on the 60 dB gain ( not turned up all the way ) in the Presonus Studio Live, Allen...

What would your next mic move be?

...have dreams of those. You could also look at the Shiny Box ribbons, Cascade, or any sort of modified Apex 205 ribbon mic (Michael Joly used to do these.) NoHype is also on my radar. Personally, I use modified MXL ribbons, the Apex, and love them, but if you have a...

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Bang for Buck

Now I modded the transformer on my pair, and as usual you gain a little better output and high and low frequency extension.
It is not a bad mic stock but the mod is worth it and very easy to do and a search of gearslutz .

OK well maybe its not a good mic stock is much fairer to say, but it has...

by mahasandi

https://soundcloud.com/doctor-fuse/apex-205-ribbon-microphone-test-bach-prelude
The Apex 205 may be not be the quietest, airiest, or dynamic microphone, but it does provide a pleasant, warm sound with a decent level of detail.

In this test recording, the 205 was placed 4 feet in front of the...

by Dr. Fuse

I have two of them.

Out of the box you will need a bit of gain to get the most out of this mic.

When using my Allen and Heath Mix Wizard WZ3 16:2 preamp there was enough gain to use the Apex 205s as drum kit room mics about 4 ' in front of the kit. The 60 dB gain knob on the WZ3 was pretty...

by philsaudio

I have dropped one of mine and today I ran it for 2 hours with phantom power on one of them. Neither of these actions are recommended but according to my unintended experiments neither of these non-recommended actions seemed to damage the microphone in any way whatsoever.

by philsaudio

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