The VR1 & VR2 are your new "secret weapon" ribbons.

The VR2 is 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, the full frequency of the 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 - has already made them a secret weapon for top musicians and engineers worldwide.

USED BY:

• Queens of the Stone Age.
• Billy Gibbons.
• August Greene.
• My Morning Jacket.
• Pete Thorn.
• Steve Stevens.
• John Browne.
• Neil Cappellino.
• Linkin Park.
• Band of Horses.
• Taking Back Sunday.
• Paramore.
• Black Sabbath.
• David Hodges.  

Specifications: 

VR2 (active)

• Electronics: Active.
• Generating Element: Hand-tensioned 2.5µm aluminum ribbon.
• Directional Pattern: Figure-8.
• Frequency range: 20 Hz - 18 kHz.
• Impedance: 200 Ohms.
• Sensitivity: 10 mV/Pa (-40 dB).
• Max SPL: 135 dB (0.5% THD @ 1kHz).
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 76 dB.
• Self Noise: 18 dB(A).
• Matching Connectors: XLR3F.
• Power requirement: 48V Phantom.
• Weight: 400g / 14.11oz.

Special Note B-Stock:

• This item is considered "B-Stock."
• B-Stock items are new instruments that did not get an A+ in QC.
• B-Stock is the closest to a new condition. There are very small blemishes categorized as “an inch or less”. Many times, these instruments are like new.
• They usually have minor cosmetic blemishes; none of these issues will affect overall playability.