Simply put, the best 44 money can buy today. I mean… what can I say. In all my years and the dozens of these I’ve owned, never have I ever seen a cleaner more beautiful RCA44. She spunds as good as she looks too.

All inside guts are 100% original as is the outer shell and badges. This mic looks and sounds absolutely astounding. Reverb fees are now $500 (!!) and Uncle Sam wants another $500 so after all the fees, considering what I’ll make, this mic is priced below what I paid to have it fully restored to this “like new” condition.

Watch the attached video to hear it for yourself

Only Used as a film prop in several huge Films here in NYC. Always kept in a custom made pelican case, smoke and pet free life. Flawless from head to toe with not a single scratch or flaw to be found anywhere at all. It started out as a super clean 44 already with shockingly clean interior and then a ton of money went into refurbishing it to look 100% brand new. We shot it out against a RCA 44BX USA model, an AEA44CE, a Hand Built 1:1 clone we have here and this Alnico version blew them all away.

Serial 115012 putting it in the early 1950’s of manufacturing. The UK‘s Alnico version has long since known for its superiority in it’s modern clarity over the US version, featuring a noticeably tighter low end (not as deep or muddy, less low end weight, much more detail in mids and highs). It is slightly brighter with more presence in the upper frequencies, less muddy in the midrange with more overall clarity and a crisper, hotter output. In our shootout, we found the UK Version to sound and feel more like a modern AEA44, which as you know, is known to be a perfect clone but also slightly tighter and brighter.

No rush to sell this one tbh, as I doubt I’ll ever be able to own one in NOS condition again. This is it, the best one you’ll ever see or hear. Not only is it the best looking 44 I’ve ever seen, it’s by far the best sounding one I’ve ever heard too. All original except new ribbon, paint, grill cloth and new pigtail too! See pics for details.

I also have some beat up ones for sale for half this price if money is your #1 concern. This one will sell firm at listed price. Once in a lifetime opp to own a film prop, dead mint 44 in like new condition. I rent mics to local NYC/NJ films (check out all my gear in the December 2024 Dylan biopic, “A complete Unknown”). This mic was used in ”Marty Supreme” and comes packed extremely securely to your door.

Not much to say about it other than it is definitely the cleanest specimen available on earth. Not a scratch or pit to speak of. Even the original RCA badges are near mint.

• New ribbon
• New pigtail
• New chrome finish on the original steel yoke w/ new rubber gaskets and hardware
• Original yoke threading hardware
• Original grill
• New grill cloth
• New Rean XLR-M connector
• New bottom plate
• New paint (original unpainted RCA badges)
• Original guts, body, transformer, wiring, magnets, housing, badges, labels, etc (all the important stuff).

Basically it’s brand new, old stock. Magnet is as strong as the day it was made. Absolutely incredible and unicorn rare aesthetic status of arguably the greatest long ribbon mic ever made. Any questions please ask.

Thanks for looking - JML