SECOND REVELATION
by Mark King for proworkshop.com
The MXL Revelation is a multi-pattern, large-diaphragm condenser microphone which uses an EF86 vacuum tube and a custom-wound transformer inside the heavy brass body. It all comes packaged in a nice briefcase as a system including a Mogami 7-pin power supply-to-mic cable and a nice Mogami XLR cable
We bought one of these on sale a while back and it quickly became a favorite for male vocals and acoustic guitar. When I saw the sale repeated, a kneejerk reaction caused me to quickly jump on the deal and buy second complete kit so I'd have a stereo pair.
This mic does not sound natural, it's got attitude in subtle and very desirable ways, sweet high frequency response but not too strong and a nice deep proximity effect when you work it up close.
Stacked pair of Revelation microphone power supplies |
Rear of Revelation power supplies |
We're very excited to have a second one of these top-of-the-line MXL microphones in our Mic Locker.