Brauner Microphones Valvet X Pure Cardioid
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
- Fixed cardioid (dedicated fixed-pattern variant of Valvet)
- Introduced
- Late 2008 per product page (introduced late 2008)
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
Details
Controls: None stated (fixed cardioid, no remote/switchable pattern control)
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: fixed cardioid-only variant of Valvet (no Omni option). Equivalent noise <9 dBA, S/N >85 dB. Product page states 'german craftsmenship' but does not explicitly say manufacturing location; country_of_manufacture set to Germany per company-wide 'made in Germany' statement on official company page. FLAG: manufacturer does not publish price - left blank; third-party US dealer (RSPE Audio) has listed street price around $3,150, but this is reseller pricing, not manufacturer list price. Capsule/diaphragm size and output impedance not published - left blank.