Astonishingly good sounding ribbon microphone – one of the first to be developed 

• the patent of the Ela M25 (1930) was the result of long research by Siemens & Halske whose technician invented the ribbon principle a few years prior to this
• a crafty arrangement of resonant rooms provides for respectable reproduction even in high frequencies
• very long aluminium ribbon
• due to the huge ring magnet it is very heavy (4 kg!)
• similar to a cardioid directional characteristic
• low proximity effect
• ribbon mic typical warm sound
• the item for hire was equipped with new ribbons by ribbon expert Olaf Prinz
• manufacturing start: 1930

Favourite applications: vocals, strings, guitar amp