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Old 13th Feb 2019, 12:38 pm   #1
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Smile Vintage microphone data from the BBC archives

Hope this is in the right section Admin?

Came across a link to the BBC R&D dept. publications archive when researching vintage Ribbon microphones (of which I have a few). There are test reports (some showing internal workings) of many early types including the Marconi AXBT (the holy grail of collectors). Also test data of some of the later types, Condenser mics (some with circuits), etc.

The R&D page is here; enter the type of microphone in the search box and it'll give you a list of models; clicking on the model gives you another page where there is a download button to view on your browser. Plenty of interesting reading on the site.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications
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