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Field Test: Brauner Phantom C Condenser Microphone
Brauner has a reputation for building ultratransparent tube mics with very low self-noise and high sensitivity.
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Field Test: Studio Projects B Series Mics
During the past few years, there has been an explosion of almost unbelievably low-priced Chinese condenser mics that look like prized German beauties.
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Field Test: Lawson L251 Tube Condenser Microphone
The Lawson L251 is a side-address, dual-diaphragm tube condenser mic that offers many extras, including an infinitely variable polar pattern, two bass-frequency contour settings...
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Field Test: RDE NT2000
More than 35 years ago, Henry and Astrid Freedman founded their Australian-based Freedman Group of companies to design, manufacture and install pro audio gear.
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Field Test: AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone
AEA's slick, retro-looking R84 ($1,000) is the newest mic in designer Wes Dooley's product line.
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Field Test: Telefunken Ela M 251
The original Telefunken Ela M 251 microphone has quite a history.
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Schoeps CMC 6 xt Mic Body
The new CMC 6 xt mic body from Schoeps is the latest update to the Colette modular mic system.
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Audio-Technica AT3060
The AT3060 tube condenser microphone is a new addition to Audio-Technica's 30 Series but with a twist: Its onboard tube electronics are 48-volt, phantom-powered...
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Field Test: Audio-Technica AE2500 Dual-Element Mic
A totally new, innovative mic design, the Audio-Technica AE2500 uses specifically designed dynamic and condenser cardioid transducers mounted side-by-side in perfect phase alignment in...
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Microtech Gefell M 930 and SH 93 X-Y Bar
In August 2000, I reviewed the Micro-tech Gefell M 930 large-diaphragm cardioid condenser for Mix. Now, the company offers the SH 93, a stereo...
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Soundelux E47 Tube Condenser Mic
When Soundelux Microphone's co-founder David Bock designed the company's new E47 tube condenser mic, his goal was to incorporate the most essential elements
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Shure ULX Wireless System
Long before Shure entered the wireless market, concert engineers specified cordless mics with SM58 or SM87 capsules. Since introducing its own UHF system
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Schoeps DSP-4P
The Schoeps DSP-4P ($3,850) is described by the company as a digital microphone processor for the PolarFlex system. What does the PolarFlex system do,
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Royer R-122
Until now, fans of ribbon mics have had to put up with the historic drawbacks of such transducer designs, including low-output level (usually requiring
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Field Test: AKG Acoustics C 900
Introduced last winter, AKG's newest Emotion performance microphone is the C 900 condenser vocal mic. It closely resembles the handheld dynamic mics in
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DPA Microphones 3532-T
The DPA Microphones 3532-T stereo microphone kit is a great introduction to recording with spaced-pair, omnidirectional microphones. Packaged in a spill-proof,
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BLUE Baby Bottle
Every microphone created by Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics (BLUE) is a work of art, visually as well as sonically, so it's hardly surprising that
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AKG C-451 B
Although the mic was designed as an homage to its famed ancestry, I'm glad AKG chose not to call the new C-451 B a...
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Neumann M150 in a Decca Tree Configuration
At $5,300 (including suspension-mount, vintage-style power supply, multiconductor cable and aluminum flight case), the Neumann M150 small-diaphragm, transformerless,
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Audix SCX-25
In a market awash with lowball Neumann wannabe lookalikes, the Audix SCX-25 is a refreshing sight and looks like no mic I've ever seen....
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Zaxcom Digital Wireless Mics
Bear with me on this one. A couple years ago, I was working on location in New York City. While shooting exteriors with Ian...
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Shure KSM27
I can't help but feel the love from a company that broadens its product line by offering a lower-priced model that could directly compete...
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Field Test: Shure PSM400
After the first week of rehearsal for last year's k.d. lang tour, the background singers decided that they would be better off with in-ear...
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Field Test: Beyerdynamic Opus 69 and 81
Beyerdynamic's latest performance mics are the Opus 69 and the Opus 81. The $299 69 is a supercardioid dynamic intended for live sound applications,...
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