Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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For a full tune recorded with the Maihak B-V 30a, click here: youtu.be/jVTrtVSGMPA
For a full tune recorded with the RCA PB-31, click here: youtu.be/kM2dxsLMVBQ

This episode of MIC CHECK features two classic vintage microphones. The mic are tried out back to back in a live recording, the first RCA ribbon microphone, the PB-31 (1931) goes head to head with an early West German tube condenser, the MWL Maihak B-V 30a (1947).

Recorded live at Diese Onze Jazz Club in Montreal
September 14, 2019

Recorded and filmed by Randy Cole
Second Camera - Arthur Plis
Post production consultant - Emily Bowmile

Al McLean - Saxophone
Jim Doxas - Drums
Adrian Vedady - Bass
Kate Wyatt - Piano