Royer R-122

The R-122 is the world’s first active ribbon microphone, equipped with a phantom-powered electronics package that sets it apart from traditional passive ribbons. This design provides significantly higher output and optimizes the impedance load on the ribbon element, enabling compatibility with a broader range of preamps.

Before the R-122, ribbon microphones relied on passive designs, which required preamps with high gain and input impedance for quieter sources like strings, acoustic guitars, or vocals. The R-122 eliminates these limitations, offering condenser-like sensitivity and versatility, making it compatible with virtually any mic preamp.

The R-122 features a fully balanced, discrete head amplifier system with a custom-wound toroidal transformer and ultra-low noise FETs. This innovative system ensures extremely quiet operation, handles up to 135 dB SPL, and provides a remarkable sensitivity of 37 dB, making it ideal for capturing both delicate and powerful sound sources with pristine clarity.

US and EU parcels ship via UPS, ETA 1-7 working days from pickup day zero. That also applies to most locations worldwide.

All shipments are fully insured.

Bigger shipments requiring pallets or custom made crates ship to US, CA, JP, CN, AU and other outside of EU locations via DHL Air Freight, ETA is normally approx. 7-14 working days from pickup day zero.

Big shipments inside EU ship via different freight companies, recently mostly via ACE Logistics. Freight forwarders can use different courier companies for deliveries to final destinations.

Palletising and crating time can vary depending on the size of the shipment and packaging queue. We pack all our shipments with great care.

You are most welcome to pick your order up yourself from our Retrosonic Pro Audio showroom, studio and warehouse in Tallinn, Estonia.

We ship worldwide – contact us for a personal shipping quote or any other questions.

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