The sE Electronics X1-R ribbon microphone is a high performance passive ribbon from sE Electronics. The sE Electronics X1-R is suited to a variety of recording applications including guitar cabs overhead drums brass woodwind strings commercial broadcast and voice-over. This state of the art ribbon element enclosed by top-grade Neodymium magnets boasts some of our latest ribbon microphone technologies. We have combined our traditional ribbon technology with some of the mechanical elements of our own VR1/VR2 microphone HF (High Frequency) extension technology to bring you a classic sounding ribbon mic with a gentle HF lift.