Meet the x1 no frills no tricks just great sound whether youre recording lead vocals acoustic guitar strings percussion or any other source instruments we believe the se x1 outperforms every mic in its price class why is the x1 such a classy mic mainly because its large diaphragm gold sputtered capsule is hand crafted and hand tuned by skilled technicians in our own factory this is highly unusual for mics at this price and is a great point of pride for us this capsule is the true