Neumann M 49 V
Large-diaphragm tube condenser, remote pattern (reissue)
Microphone$8,499Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Large-diaphragm tube condenser, remote pattern (reissue)
- Topology
- tube condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- Studio mic + external PSU
- Connection
- Proprietary cable + tube PSU
- DSP
- false
- Frequency response
- 40 Hz - 16 kHz
- Max SPL
- 125 dB (cardioid, 0.5% THD)
- Sensitivity
- 6.5/8/10 mV/Pa
- Polar pattern
- continuously variable (omni, cardioid, hypercardioid, figure-8, wide cardioid)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 200
- Introduced
- 1951
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
Details
Controls: Continuously variable, remote-controlled polar pattern
I/O: Output to NM V power supply, XLR out from PSU
Notable use: Reissue of the iconic 1951 M 49 remote-pattern tube microphone; handmade in Germany, ~25 units/month
Notes: FLAG: tube mic, requires dedicated NM V power supply, not phantom powered. Price from Neumann newsroom press release: list price 8,495 EUR / 8,499 USD.