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Western Electric RA-1142 Ribbon/dynamic Mic 1943
Estimated price for orientation: 2 500 $
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Description Brand: Western Electric
For sale a Western Electric RA 1142 switchable multi-pattern ribbon + dynamic microphone serial number 24 from 1943 working condition. This 72 years old bad boy is vintage as hell, amazing look and shape, all original and exceedingly rare, a total time capsule item. The RA1142 came with shockmount In 1938, Western Electric, drawing on ribbon technology for the first and only time, produced the first switchable multi-pattern microphone, combining its well-respected 630A omni-directional dynamic unit with a uniquely crimped bi-directional ribbon assembly. Its output impedance, as with all previous Western mics (excepting condensers), was 50 ohms. It offered a selection of R (ribbon/bi-directional), D (dynamic/omni-directional) and C (cardioid or combined pattern). The 639B added another three variations of the combined pattern for a total of six patterns. In the early forties, Electrical Research Products Inc. (ERPI), a division of Western, redesigned the acoustic cage of the 639 for motion picture use, designating it as the RA-1142 transmitter. Like the W.E. 639B, it features the 6 positions selector « R D C 1 2 3 » R - Ribbon figure of eight D - dynamic non-directional C - Both elements cardiod 1 - cardiod with little rear sensitivity 2 - cardiod with moderate rear sensitivity 3 - cardiod with heavy rear sensitivity
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| Brand: | Western Electric |
For sale a Western Electric RA 1142 switchable multi-pattern ribbon + dynamic microphone serial number 24 from 1943 working condition. This 72 years old bad boy is vintage as hell, amazing look and shape, all original and exceedingly rare, a total time capsule item. The RA1142 came with shockmount In 1938, Western Electric, drawing on ribbon technology for the first and only time, produced the first switchable multi-pattern microphone, combining its well-respected 630A omni-directional dynamic unit with a uniquely crimped bi-directional ribbon assembly. Its output impedance, as with all previous Western mics (excepting condensers), was 50 ohms. It offered a selection of R (ribbon/bi-directional), D (dynamic/omni-directional) and C (cardioid or combined pattern). The 639B added another three variations of the combined pattern for a total of six patterns. In the early forties, Electrical Research Products Inc. (ERPI), a division of Western, redesigned the acoustic cage of the 639 for motion picture use, designating it as the RA-1142 transmitter. Like the W.E. 639B, it features the 6 positions selector « R D C 1 2 3 » R - Ribbon figure of eight D - dynamic non-directional C - Both elements cardiod 1 - cardiod with little rear sensitivity 2 - cardiod with moderate rear sensitivity 3 - cardiod with heavy rear sensitivity