I had the great pleasure to receive a V11 mic from JZ Microphones. JZ Microphones are all hand-assembled in Latvia. They are not mass produced and every microphone is meticulously built.

That said, I’ve been using this mic for a couple of months now. Did I mention it comes with a black wood padded case? I’ve used it on male and female vocals, cello, drum overheads and even snare drum (with a pretty mellow player). Like most large diaphragm condensers the frequency response is not flat. And rightfully so. There’s a nice bump at 100hz and a slight bump at 6khz.

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Recently I had the great opportunity to try out some new mics. This time around I got to test out JZ Microphones for a few weeks. Thanks Kate! Each JZ mic is hand crafted in Riga, Latvia. And when I say handcrafted, I mean it, every component is meticulously hand-soldered. This isn’t your Chinese-made condenser. This is the real deal.

JZ Vintage 47

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