Advanced Audio CM800T
Large-diaphragm tube condenser microphone
Microphone$835Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Large-diaphragm tube condenser microphone
- Topology
- tube condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Form factor
- Side-address studio microphone body with external power supply
- Powered
- true
- Drivers
- 32mm K67-type double-sided dual back-plate capsule; military-spec GE/JAN 5654W tube configured as triode
- Max SPL
- 128 dB (138 dB with pad)
- Polar pattern
- Omni, cardioid, figure-8 (3-pattern switchable)
- Impedance (Ω)
- <200
Details
Controls: 3-pattern selector, -10dB pad, 100Hz switchable high-pass filter
I/O: 7-pin mic cable to regulated external power supply (included); XLR output from PSU
Notable use: Marketed as favored by hip-hop/rap artists
Notes: Modeled on the Telefunken/Neumann C800G, described as producing "the presence lift heard from the original C800G." Frequency response and sensitivity not published on page.