Advanced Audio CM87se
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 AK67-type capsule, dual 6-micron center-fed diaphragms; Class A FET/discrete transformer-coupled design with dual-winding, bi-metal-laminated output transformer
- Frequency response
- 25Hz-20kHz
- Max SPL
- 138 dB with -10dB pad (max output +19dBu at 0.5% distortion)
- 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: Jacquire King (Grammy-winning engineer/producer)
Notes: "Special Edition" of the CM87 (Neumann U87 clone) with a more complex dual-winding output transformer for handling fast transients at close range; manufacturer states it is "identical to the CM87" otherwise, with more rigorous QC. Part of the "Producer's Choice" custom-editions line.