Vanguard Audio Labs V1 gen2
Small-diaphragm (pencil) multi-capsule FET condenser
Microphone$599Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Small-diaphragm (pencil) multi-capsule FET condenser
- Topology
- FET condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- Mono
- Drivers
- 22mm interchangeable capsules, 16mm/4µm diaphragm; dual-monolithic parallel JFET with custom-wound humbucking transformer
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Max SPL
- >=136 dBA (0.5% THD @ 1kHz)
- Sensitivity
- -39 dB @ 1Pa
- Polar pattern
- Cardioid, Hypercardioid, Omnidirectional, Wide Cardioid (4 interchangeable capsules)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 200
- Country of manufacture
- Designed in USA, final assembly in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Details
Controls: Interchangeable capsule heads (4 included: cardioid, hypercardioid, omnidirectional, wide cardioid)
I/O: XLR output (transformer-balanced)
Notes: FET pencil condenser, transformer-balanced output (unlike V4/V44S which are transformerless). Self-noise <=13dBA, S/N >=91dB. A "V1+Lolli" variant with an additional 5-capsule large/small-diaphragm head (6 total patterns) is also sold separately but not catalogued here. Ships with VSSM shockmount and pinewood case. Price from shop.vanguardaudiolabs.com.