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title: "Royer Labs SF-12 Small-Element Stereo Ribbon Microphone, Matte"
brand: "royer corporation"
price: "¥830766"
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# True stereo recording High SPL capabilities Low residual noise Royer Labs SF-12 Small-Element Stereo Ribbon Microphone, Matte

**Brand:** royer corporation
**Price:** ¥830766
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Elevate Your Sound Game!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Royer Labs SF-12 Small-Element Stereo Ribbon Microphone, Matte by royer corporation
- **How much does it cost?** ¥830766 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Why This Product

- Trusted royer corporation brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Weatherproof Design:** Ribbon element remains unaffected by heat or humidity, ensuring consistent performance in any environment.
- • **Capture Every Nuance:** Experience true stereophonic recording with Blumlein and M-S techniques, all from a single microphone.
- • **Whisper-Quiet Performance:** Enjoy extremely low residual noise, making it perfect for capturing subtle details.
- • **Simplicity Meets Excellence:** No internal active electronics means no overloads, just pure, unadulterated sound.
- • **Unmatched Sound Pressure Levels:** Designed to handle high SPL without distortion, ensuring your recordings remain pristine.

## Overview

The Royer Labs SF-12 is a high-performance small-element stereo ribbon microphone designed for true stereophonic recording. It boasts high SPL capabilities, extremely low residual noise, and a robust design that withstands environmental factors, making it an ideal choice for professional audio applications.

## Description

Ideal for critical stereo recording, the SF-12 stereo coincident ribbon microphone combines high quality audio performance with outstanding stereo separation and imaging. It is a modern ribbon design with no audible diffraction effects or cavity resonance. An SF-12 is actually two matched ribbon microphones placed one above the other; each aimed 45 degrees from center in the classic Blumlein configuration. The frequency response is excellent regardless of the angle of sound striking the ribbons and off-axis coloration is negligible. The SF-12 utilizes two 1.8-micron ribbons, each weighing approximately 1/3 milligram and producing superb transient response. The two ribbon transducers are magnet/pole piece structures that produce a wide, uniform frequency response with no substantial peaks or dips. The case is ingot iron and forms part of the magnetic return circuit, an effective system with low leakage flux which accounts for the relatively high sensitivity in a trim package.

## Features

- True stereophonic (Blumlein and M-S) recording from one microphone
- High SPL capabilities
- No internal active electronics to overload or produce distortion up to maximum SPL rating
- Extremely low residual noise
- Ribbon element not affected by heat or humidity

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

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    Expensive, but with good reason.
  

*by O***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015*

I've had mine from before Royer got involved; mine was built by the original designer, the late Bob Speiden, in the early 90s.  It was recalibrated by Bob a few years after I got it, then updated by Royer Labs.  I've pretty much retired from recording now but I still use it from time to time. I did mostly classical music and found it superb on just about anything I put it in front of- choral, piano, brass, etc.  It's also very highly regarded as an overhead drum mic for jazz. I've also used it over percussion like marimbas and xylophones.  It does require good mic preamps (I have Millennia Media with 2 dedicated ribbon inputs) but given good pres and of course good source material it is superb- smooth, natural and detailed without harshness and of course the imaging is razor sharp. For larger ensembles, the sound can be opened up with a pair of flanking omnis.  (To be fair, I also have some Schoeps condensers and there s nothing wrong with them, either.)At this price, it's certainly not a "project studio" mic but a first-class professional tool. But if you can pony up the cash, it will not disappoint.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-13*