_FHX Ribbon Kit

This product is sold out. We do not plan to make more unless customers express interest. The FHX is an upgrade kit for the Fat Head family of ribbon microphones. It includes a custom ribbon motor and transformer that are comparable in quality to what you'd find in ribbon mics costing over $1000. Inexpensive ribbon microphones have for years provided a fantastic sonic contrast to condenser microphones. But they don't truly compete with premium ribbon microphones, which offer a smoother response, higher output, lower noise, and a more natural, pleasing sound. Just as we've seen with inexpensive condensers, low-cost ribbon microphones suffer from the need to meet a price point. They use inferior materials, and they're simply not built with the attention to detail that is required to produce a world-class ribbon microphone. "Just replace the transformer" ? Replacing the transformer in a low-cost ribbon microphone can indeed improve the mic's sound. But it is, at best, half a solution. If