We are an authorized Golden Age Project dealer located between Chicago and Milwaukee. We are a Pro Audio Dealer as well as a four control room Neve & SSL equipped commercial recording studio with several engineers that have from five to twenty five years of experience in the industry. So who better to trust with your equipment purchases than guys who are tracking, mixing and using the gear on a daily basis. The key to Golden Age Project gear is the philosophy that a Class-A all discrete component design will sound better than a design loaded with IC chips and we whole heartedly agree.

We are constantly searching for gear that has a unique character that it imparts on the audio that you pass through it and Golden Age does just that without tearing a hole in your pocket.

Vintage Style Active Ribbon Microphone with FET output that is getting extensive use here at the studio to track drum room sounds as well as horns, guitar and vocals .

We ship our orders out quickly, and provide experienced advice and great service should you have any problems. Thank you for looking at our auction.

Here is the info from the man who designs these great units at a very cost effective price point.


Golden Age Project R1 MKIII Active Ribbon Microphone

The R1 Active MKIII is a very cool mic that combines the best of two worlds; the warmth of a ribbon and the stability of a F.E.T. buffer amplifier. This means that you can use the R1 Active MKIII with long cables runs and virtually any pre-amp featuring 48V phantom power. 

The R1 Active MkIII is a very cool mic that combines the best of two worlds; the warmth of a ribbon and the stability of a F.E.T. buffer ampilier. A clean and clear sound, yet warm and punchy is what the R1 Active MkIII will deliver. We love it on drums, as an ambience mic or in pairs for O.H. pickup, but it sounds great on most instruments. The R1 Active MkIII is in fact a very versatile mic even suitable for some sensitve vocal recording! And even more so now when the mk3 version includes switches for low cut and 10dB pad.
 
A stunning realism with the feeling of being-there
The typical large and mellow ribbon sound quality with a very smooth top end and an extended low end. 
A fast and life-like transient reproduction.
An ultra-high SPL capability, 160 dB SPL (1% THD @ 1000Hz) and a very high sensitivity for a ribbon microphone, similar to many condenser microphones.
 
Specifications:
Type: Large ribbon geometry, pure aluminium, 2 um thick, 50 x 5 mm size with active electronics.
Polar pattern: Figure 8
Frequency response: 30 Hz 18 kHz +/- 3 dB
Sensitivity: -42 dB (0 dB = 1V/Pa) @ 1 kHz.
Equivalent Noise Level (A-weighted per IEC 268-4): < 18 dB typical.
Maximum SPL (<1% THD @ 1 kHz): 160 dB. 
Output impedance: 200 ohm, balanced
Recommended load impedance: > 1000 Ohms. 
Dimensions: 69x185 mm.
Weight: 1450 g.

The R 1 Active is a high quality vintage style ribbon microphone. It offers the unique and natural sound that has been available in classical microphones like the RCA 44 and 77 that are still used to make high quality recordings today, after almost 70 years.

The R1 Active is very well suited for the recording of most sound sources like drums, vocals, acoustic instruments, strings, horns, orchestras and choral groups.  We have even used it in live sound applications.
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