Placid Audio News Today

Placid Audio are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of the Copperphone AV20, an updated version of their most popular microphone. 

Griffon Fuzzyphone Griffon’s new Fuzzyphone is part mic, part fuzzbox! French company Griffon Microphones make a range of small‑ and large‑diaphragm mics, some based on vintage German and Austrian models, and some of their own design. The Fuzzyphone they sent me for review, however, is a little unusual, in that unlike the rest of their range, it’s intentionally designed to be bandwidth‑limited, and it incorporates a variable distortion effect. The idea of lo‑fi microphones isn’...