Email from Paul Reid 8-4-2015


I spotted Philbrick modules in a ribbon microphone featured in AUDIO magazine.

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio-Magazine.htm

August 1965 (11MB PDF file)

A "New" Ribbon Microphone

page 19 (p21 in PDF)

schematic on 3rd page of article

"A1 is Philbrick P65 AU amplifier; A2 is Philbrick PP66 emitter follower"

The intent was to eliminate the double-transformer coupling (double losses) from ribbon to tube grid. A transformer is needed to couple the low-low voltage signal from the <<1 Ohm ribbon into any practical amplifier; the opamp gives gain and buffering so a transformer is not needed between line and recorder.

A major test-tool was "an antique harpsichord".

Apparently the Philbrick P65 can give a noise-figure of 1dB at 15K source impedance. Turns-ratio was 1:180!

Thought you might like this excerpt for the Archive.

 -Paul Reid