Beyerdynamic M-260
Surviving information on this model is thin, but the traces that exist span two decades of professional use. Beyerdynamic's own advertising in Studio Sound (September 1980, p.12) presented the M260 NS as a ribbon microphone with a specially shaped short ribbon 0.002 mm thick and weighing only 0.000438 grams. The ad claimed "absolute fidelity" and called it the world's most popular microphone for vocal and instrumental recording and public-address work. That last claim is ad copy, so read it accordingly. The ad also noted the M260 NS was just one of a whole range of Beyer ribbon microphones, which puts it in a genuine product family.
The series was evidently still current twenty years later. Pro Audio Review (January 2001, p.32) tested the later M260.80 and observed that, like its forebear, it had a broad 2 dB presence bump centered at 6 kHz. The response was deliberately voiced, and the reviewer found it well suited to studio sources like acoustic guitar.
What is reliably known:
- Ribbon microphone (M260 NS)
- Specially shaped short ribbon, 0.002 mm thick, 0.000438 g — per Beyerdynamic's 1980 advertising
- Later M260.80 version retained a broad 2 dB bump centered at 6 kHz — per a 2001 review
Original prices, production dates, and full specifications are not documented in the record we have. If you have the original literature or a period price list, the archive would welcome the details.
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