Advanced Audio CM87
Large-diaphragm FET condenser microphone
Microphone$465Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Large-diaphragm FET condenser microphone
- Topology
- FET condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Form factor
- Side-address studio microphone body
- Powered
- true
- Drivers
- 35mm large-diaphragm capsule, dual 6-micron skinned center-fed diaphragms (60V max polarization in cardioid mode); Class A FET/discrete transformer-coupled dual-stage amplifier
- Max SPL
- 126 dB (136 dB with -10dB pad)
- Polar pattern
- Omnidirectional, cardioid, figure-8 (3-pattern switchable)
- Impedance (Ω)
- <200
- Phantom power
- 48V
Details
Controls: 3-pattern selector toggle, 100Hz roll-off, -10dB pad
I/O: XLR output, 48V phantom powered
Notable use: Marketed as used by Sirius XM, Warner Brothers, Marvel Comics
Notes: Marketed explicitly as an "affordable replacement for the expensive U87" with the same sonic response (Neumann U87 clone). Frequency response not published on page (spec sheet referenced but not in page text).