Brauner Microphones Valvet
Tube condenser microphone
MicrophonePrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Tube condenser microphone
- Topology
- tube condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Powered
- Yes - external tube PSU required (not phantom powered)
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 22 kHz
- Max SPL
- 142 dB SPL @ 0.3% THD
- Sensitivity
- 28 mV/Pa (cardioid)
- Polar pattern
- Two-position switchable: Omni, Cardioid - FLAG: NOT continuously variable like VM1/VMX/VMA (fixed 2-pattern switch)
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
Details
Controls: 2-position polar pattern switch (Omni/Cardioid), phase reverse switch
I/O: Multi-pin tube cable from mic body to external tube power supply; PSU line output presumed balanced XLR-3 (connector not explicitly confirmed on product page)
Notes: FLAG: tube condenser (external PSU, not phantom-powered). FLAG: two-pattern switch only (Omni/Cardioid), not the continuously-variable remote pattern found on VM1/VMX/VMA - do not conflate. Includes newly developed suspension for use as a spot mic, per product page. Equivalent noise <11 dBA, S/N >83 dB. Won SSAIR Award (1999) per product page (exact intro year not stated). FLAG: manufacturer does not publish price - left blank; third-party US dealer (RSPE Audio) has listed street price around $3,950, but this is reseller pricing, not manufacturer list price. Capsule/diaphragm size and output impedance not published - left blank.