royer R-122V, Operation Instructions Manual & User Manual

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and detail, and a lushness that is hard to describe. The R-122V
also has an enormous amount of headroom available, making it
useful on extremely loud applications. Phantom powered
microphones are limited with regard to maximum
headroom as
a result of the phantom power source. With the vacuum tube
design, greater headroom is achievable because the voltage source
is supplied by a dedicated power supply. The vacuum tube operates
with a supply voltage greater than twice that of a phantom powered
microphone. The vacuum tube also provides the extremely high
input impedance required for the specialized ribbon matching
transformer and offers transient response superior to any solid-
state component.
Key points:
• No longer is it necessary to mate a ribbon microphone to an
ultrahigh gain, low noise preamplifier for optimum performance.
Any preamplifier of nominal gain will provide good results with
the R-122V.
• No longer is it necessary to carefully consider impedance
matching characteristics when choosing a preamplifier. Microphone
loading is a non-issue (although we still suggest that the load is
above 2,000-ohms for optimum technical performance).
• No longer is it necessary to be concerned about damaging the
ribbon element with phantom power. The vacuum tube electronics
completely isolate the ribbon element.
• No longer is it necessary to worry about the effects of long cable
runs degrading the performance of your ribbon microphone. The
vacuum tube electronics provide a robust low impedance signal
that can handle long cable lengths without loss of signal.
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