We would like to thank all our customers for their continuing support. The tremendous feedback below reflects only some of the positive responses which we have received during the past year. If you would like to share your own Rycote experience then please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

“I have used Rycote products since the 1960's. They are superb and have never let me down, even in high rain and I get wet, and their service is second to none, nothing is too much trouble for them.”

 Chris Gurney, AMPS Boom operator.

 

“Rycote stickies and overcovers have revolutionised the way I work with personal mics. They are the first thing I reach for.”

Andy Hawley, Sound Recordist.

“I couldn’t have afforded to go to film school without Rycote’s help, now I’ve graduated and entered the world of freelance Rycote equipment is an absolute essential part of my kit, especially the personal mic furries. On a windy day they’ve saved my bacon on so many occasions!”

Laura Fairbanks, Sound Recordist.

 

“In my opinion Rycote are the most helpful friendly company in the TV broadcast sound business.”

Vaughan Roberts B.Eng MIBS AMPS, Sound Recordist.

 

“Consistently excellent service.”

Steve Phillips, Sound Recordist.

 

“I’m based in Cardiff and have done a lot of recordings on various hillsides throughout Wales, this wouldn’t have been possible without the Rycote windjammer, which kept the recordings free from wind noise. This is an innovative company who are very easy to deal with, and manage to come up with interesting items to make my work easier.”

Alun Protheroe, Sound Recordist.

 

“I have used Rycote products for 20 years. There is no alternative that comes even close. Rycote stickies and undercovers, a must have addition to the sound department. Great products. Great Staff.”

David Lascelles, Production Sound Mixer.

 

“Rycote listen to their customers and provide products that really work in the field.”

Mary Milton, MIBS

 

“The people from Rycote always provide an excellent and very friendly service.”

John Lewis, AMPS

 

“Rycote products set the bar in terms of quality. Robust, well engineered and my best friend on a windy day! ”

Stuart Piggott, Sound Recordist.

 

“Fantastic furry fings, from a wonderfully friendly company.”

James How, Sound Recordist.

 

“I was amazed at the results my Boom Operators achieved using your incredibly effective microphone wind covers for personal microphones, sometimes the actors could hardly stand in the wind but still the dialogue cut through.”

Martin Trevis, AMPS/CAS

 

“I’ve used Rycote products on all of the Top Gear specials, the North pole, Botswana and recently Vietnam, they did not let me down, its as simple as that.”

Russell Edwards, Sound Recordist.

 

“Un maître qui a formé beaucoup d’élèves’ - a schoolmaster who has educated many pupils.”

Hervé, Video Plus, Saint Ouen.

 

“‘Au début, la bonnette Rycote était un produit, aujourd’hui c’est une référence’ - in the beginning, the Rycote windshield was a product, today it is a reference.”

Gérard, Video Plus, Saint Ouen.

 

“I use Rycote stickies every working day of my life. I just wish I’d invented them.”

Kiff McManus, Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycote products are top quality, light, aesthetic, and durable.”

Roberto Herzberg, Audio Engineer, Chief of Audio Department, Channel 13 UCTV – Chile.

 

“I think all Production Sound Mixers would agree Rycote’s innovations over the years with mic suspensions and in particular the Windjammer have allowed us to achieve results that years ago would not have been possible.”

Clive Copland, AMPS

 

“The new range of suspension lyres not only improve handling noise, but they also reduce the weight of your rig. Every little helps.”

Andy Hawley, Sound Recordist.

 

“It’s hard to think of something as small as the InVision shock mount making such a big difference to my everyday work. Why did I put off finding a better mount for so long.”

Chris Bollard, Sound Recordist.

 

“I’ve been using Rycote products for over 22 years, their quality and standards are so high along with great back up. New products and tweaks to the existing range maintain their continued success.”

Kevin Meredith, Freelance Sound Recordist.

 

“My Rycote wind shield kit is possibly the most vital and versatile pieces of equipment in my recording arsenal I simply wouldn’t be able to do my job effectively without it.”

Nathan Gokhool, Sound recordist/Sound Designer.

 

“Rycote has made my career. Travelling the world, microphones and I have worked everywhere, with everyone in every condition and Rycote products never fail to impress or deliver the results needed.”

Martin Folkes, Location sound recordist. About A Girl BAFTA 2002 Best Short Film Winner.

 

“Rycote are a friendly and helpful company with good products, a knowledgeable and helpful staff, with a fast and reliable delivery service.”

Derek Maidment, Proprietor, DJM VIdeo Productions.

 

“I am so pleased I bought these new Lyre mounts they are a dream to work with. Something so simple works beautifully, believe me, they are fantastic.”

Jonathan Mitchell, Sound Recordist.

 

“Helpful, local and the best at what they do!”

Steve Holland, Freelance cameraman to BBC,  Sky and ITV news.

 

“Always friendly, always reliable and always personal service. Without question their products are the most well thought out and useful sound products I buy.”

David Thompson, Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycote are always willing to go that extra mile to help out - no matter what it takes.”

Vaughan Roberts B.Eng MIBS AMPS, Sound Recordist.

 

“I’ve always used Rycote suspensions from the very start of my career, and after 30 years I still have some of those original suspensions together with the Rycote baskets. Working on TV Dramas I use the latest Rycote suspensions for my Schoeps CMIT microphones, but I am loth to throw the originals away because they still work! The new suspensions and baskets are better, but there isn’t much wrong with the originals!”

Ian Richardson, AMPS

 

“For mic suspensions and windshields, Rycote is the industry standard!”

Ron Garson AMPS, Sound mixer/recordist.

 

“Let it blow, let it blow. My mic is cozy inside my Rycote you know.”

Roger Banks, Sound Recordist.

 

“If its mine, and it’s a microphone, and its in a mount - then its in a Rycote mount!”

Simon Bishop, Sound Recordist.

 

“Try using Rycote Overcovers underneath clothing. They’re great for minimizing rustle.” 

Andy Hawley, Sound Recordist.

 

“Over the many years, all my experiences with Rycote have been very positive, and the company has a clear understanding of the needs of the industry and fulfils them in inventive ways. What more can I say but thank you!”

Sandy MacRae AMPS, Production Sound Mixer (Retired).

 

“Great products and great people to deal with.”

Roger Slater AMPS, Production Sound Mixer.

 

“Great old fashioned British customer service as it should be.”

Keith Rodgerson, Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycotes new Invision suspension has solved the problem of handling noise on some of my most sensitive condensor boom mics.”

Jonathan Chiles, Sound Mixer.

 

“Rycote is the Rolls Royce of the sound companies.”

Vaughan Roberts B.Eng MIBS AMPS, Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycote products are always high quality and with careful design features to ensure that they do the job intended, with superb backup and assistance. I have used them for 25 years.”

Dave Williams, WSRS Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycote products are innovative and impeccably engineered, their back up is first class.”

Roger Long, Sound Recordist.

 

“Rycote are always very informative & helpful with all enquiries dealt with promptly. Superb Products, quick deliveries on lines ordered, & an ultra friendly, & helpful staff at all times.”

Ken J Larkman-Cooper, Freelance Movie Cameraman Reminiscence & DJM Films UK.

 

“Rycote manage to balance perfectly the aspects of practical technical application and fantastic customer care - they are always my first choice.”

Jamie Gambell, BA AMPS, Production Sound Mixer.

 

“I have used Rycote products for close to 30 years and they work! Plus, like all good companies they are constantly researching how to supply us with new and better products.”

Jeff Matthews, AMPS

 

“Rycote equipment is well designed, and strong enough for use by our Students.”

Colin Gilchrist MIBS, Technical Team Leader, Faculty of Media, Arts and Society, Southampton Solent University.

 

“The windjammer has made my job possible over the last 30 years.”

Steve Thomas, MIBS Production Sound Mixer.

 

“In all my years working as a location soundman, Rycote equipment has been my choice!”

Ron Garson AMPS Sound mixer/recordist.

 

“Excellent products and service to match.”

Michael Oates MSc.

 

“A very friendly and helpful company to deal with - great innovative products - good prices - says it all.”

Robin Thompson, Sound Recordist/Supervisor MIBS.

 

“Rycote’s technical assistance and support is only surpassed by the quality of their products.”

Andrew Felton, Felton audio.

 

“I have used Rycote products since the seventies - they’re great and always improving.”

Vaughan Roberts B.Eng MIBS AMPS, Sound Recordist.

 

“No other mount isolates my Schoeps CCMs from handling noise as efficiently as an Invision. Handling noise from the boom is eliminated.”

Tim White, AMPS

 

“Windshielding and shockmounting may not be appear particularly sophisticated in this computer age, but look again! This really is cutting edge science and technology which makes a far bigger difference in many cases than the choice of microphone. Rycote leads the field with ground breaking original designs - but at realistic and affordable prices and with attentive service.”

Hugh Robjohns, MIBS, Editor Line Up.

 

“Rycotes attention to their end users is always very much appreciated and no doubt enables them to make better products.”

Jonathan Chiles, Sound Mixer.

 

“It’s always a pleasure to work with people dedicated to their products and to the user’s needs. Rycote is the perfect example of a specialist manufacturer giving this tiny minority called “professional audio engineers” the essential tools to enable them to reach best possible audio quality, even in the most aggravating of circumstances. Good work!”

Martin Schneider, Georg Neumann GmbH.

 

“If you look up the phrase “industry standard” in the dictionary there’s a picture of the Rycote logo.”

Ty Ford, www.tyford.com.

 

“We, Sanken Microphone are very happy to say that we have had a very good relationship with Rycote for many years. They are very much professional in vibration and wind noise mechanism and physics. Sanken always put confidence in their technology to ensure the best performance of Sanken microphones. Rycote has never fallen short of my expectations. They are not only an inventor but an innovator.”

Minoru Kobayashi, Sanken Microphones.

 

“Many Thanks for your outstanding support!”

Roland Winkler, South Pole 2008.

 

“Rycote provide the best pro mic suspensions and windshields in the business!”

Ron Garson AMPS, Sound mixer/recordist.