Violet Design Amethyst Vintage
Large-diaphragm condenser (LDC)
MicrophonePrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Large-diaphragm condenser (LDC)
- Topology
- FET condenser
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- Side-address studio body, grey/blue finish, 168 x 63 x 41mm, 350g
- Powered
- phantom (48V)
- Drivers
- dual large diaphragm, 25mm (1") active diameter, center-terminated dual backplate, VD67 capsule
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz
- Max SPL
- 134 dB (0.5% THD @ 1000-ohm load)
- Sensitivity
- 21 mV/Pa @ 1kHz into 1000-ohm load
- Polar pattern
- cardioid (fixed, unidirectional, slightly wider than Standard)
- Impedance (Ω)
- 50 (output); rated load 1000; suggested load >500
- Back design
- side-address
- Country of manufacture
- Latvia
Details
Controls: none (fixed cardioid, no on-body switches)
I/O: 1x XLR3M output
Notable use: Danny Carey/Tool (drum overheads, percussion, tympani); Joe Barresi (overheads, vocals -- compared favorably to vintage U67); John Paterno (piano, female vocal); Aaron Harris/Palms & ISIS; earliest located press reference: MusicTech Magazine (UK), June 2005
Notes: FLAG: LDC, dual-diaphragm, FET/solid-state condenser (NOT tube -- 'Vintage' here refers to voicing/color, not tube circuitry). Manufacturer's spec page publishes ONE shared spec table covering both Amethyst Standard and Amethyst Vintage; figures above are as published, may not be fully Vintage-specific. Marketed as a warmer, classic-voiced complement to Amethyst Standard, oriented toward female vocals per manufacturer copy. FLAG: no EUR/USD price could be retrieved for this variant on the (stale/unmaintained) storefront; price_usd left blank.