Peluso Microphone Lab P-280
LDC hybrid tube/FET condenser, original design (no stated vintage emulation)
Microphone$2,528Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- LDC hybrid tube/FET condenser, original design (no stated vintage emulation)
- Topology
- tube condenser (hybrid tube/FET amplifier stage)
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- Large-diaphragm condenser microphone with external power supply
- Connection
- 8-pin proprietary cable to MX-56 PSU; XLR balanced output from PSU
- Powered
- true
- Drivers
- 34mm center-terminated condenser capsule
- Frequency response
- 20Hz-20kHz
- Max SPL
- 149 dB
- Sensitivity
- 27 mV/Pa
- Polar pattern
- multi-pattern (switchable, 9-position: omni to figure-8)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 200
- Country of manufacture
- USA
Details
Controls: 9-position polar pattern selector on MX-56 PSU
I/O: Mic body connects via 8-pin screw-on cable (20ft) to MX-56 external power supply; PSU outputs balanced XLR line signal
Notes: Product page does not name a specific vintage classic microphone that the P-280 emulates — flagged, treated as an original Peluso design. Tube/FET hybrid amplifier stage with 5654W pentode. Dimensions 51mm x 205mm, weight 640g, equivalent noise 6 dB(A) (notably low/quiet spec). Requires MX-56 PSU, not phantom powered. Price is USD MSRP.