In article writes:

I recall someone (was it Harvey Gerst?) saying that the VTB-1
sounded good with his vintage RCA ribbon mic. Would this translate
well to the Beyer M500? Budgetary limitations are important at the
moment.

If your budget is tight, use the mic preamps you have. The M500 is
nothing like an RCA 77DX. Just treat it like any other mic and forget
that it's a ribbon. Hopefully you didn't buy it unheard just because
it was a ribbon mic.

Also, I haven't seen any posts from Stephen Sank lately. May I assume
that he's still doing ribbon mods? If so, how do I contact him?

http://stephensank.com

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