sE Electronics

A nine-pattern valve mic at a surprisingly low price.

The SOS team visit the West Midlands, where Gordon Giltrap's home studio needs help, nestling as it does in the shadow of one of the UK's most powerful TV and radio transmitters.

Studio stalwarts sE join the stage-mic fray with these two new designs. It’s a crowded marketplace — can they stand out?

Chinese manufacturing has brought the price of microphones down to levels unthinkable a few years ago. But does the quality suffer accordingly? SOS visited one of the biggest mic companies in China to find out...

This impressive mic from SE Electronics uses two valves instead of the usual one. But does it actually make any sonic difference?

This new mic offers three polar patterns and a surprisingly high-end sound for the money.