Mmichel - these are really good mics. The guy who makes them REALLY knows what he's doing, and they compete with very nice ribbon mics that are much more expensive. I wouldn't hesitate to get one, particularly for the money. He sources a lot of the parts from Asia, I'm pretty sure, but he puts everything together himself in Belgium, and he's the real deal. He consults for companies who make much more expensive mics.
I'm personally more drawn to the more "vintage-sounding" LRM V. It seems modeled generally after the old-school long-ribbon RCA designs, and I love those on saxophone in particular. People who own the LRM-2B seem to generally love them, though, seems to maybe be more "modern."
The Samar Audio company has a really
interesting and affordable ribbon, too. A bit more than the NoHype, but Samar typically makes pretty top-shelf stuff. Likewise, Cascade has been putting out good ribbons for not much money for a long time (I've heard people get great results out of the Fathead and Vin-Jet models).
It's a bit of a misconception that ribbons have to be expensive. I do love the AEA mics, which are essentially recreations of the old RCAs, but the technology in a ribbon mic is much less involved than in a good condenser. They can be made very well with less infrastructure.
