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Title: New AKG!
Post by: Teen Wolf Blitzer on May 17, 2008, 01:42:30 PM
http://www.akg.com/site/products/powerslave,id,1080,pid,1080,nodeid,2,_language,EN.html

SICK!
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: odartman on May 17, 2008, 05:35:57 PM
Sexy
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: Javier Cinakowski on May 17, 2008, 11:28:57 PM
That looks really nice...It is almost $400 cheaper than the 414 and likely sounds really sweet.

But, you could score a AT4050 for the same price.  If the 214 comes down in price (it likely will), it will rock the party!
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: F.O.Bean on May 18, 2008, 04:22:43 AM
looks sweet, but is ONLY a cardioid
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: spyder9 on May 18, 2008, 11:24:39 AM
looks sweet, but is ONLY a cardioid

And judging from the P48 voltage, its must be an electret too.  I wonder AKG is about to unvail a complete updated electret line?  Now that would be cool.   
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: boojum on May 18, 2008, 09:54:06 PM
Has anyone actually used one?  The price is good at ~ $600.  How's the sound??
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: newplanet7 on May 18, 2008, 10:37:31 PM
Has anyone actually used one?  The price is good at ~ $600.  How's the sound??
QFT
Anyone used one?
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: DSatz on May 20, 2008, 12:10:47 AM
spyder9, how do you arrive at the conclusion that this must be an electret design? The spec sheet references a patent which I downloaded and read; nothing there mentions or (to me) implies an electret.

--best regards
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: NOLAfishwater on May 20, 2008, 11:45:58 AM
looks sweet, but is ONLY a cardioid

yeah but for people that use this mic exclusively for instrument/amp micing on the road it works great b/c that is the main setting that they use on the 414s. Now they don't have to worry about setting pickup pattern and getting the same performance at a lower cost. May not be the best all around mic for a taper, but it has its place in the market. I am sure they will sell well.
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: Kindguy on May 20, 2008, 08:50:39 PM
looks sweet, but is ONLY a cardioid

yeah but for people that use this mic exclusively for instrument/amp micing on the road it works great b/c that is the main setting that they use on the 414s. Now they don't have to worry about setting pickup pattern and getting the same performance at a lower cost. May not be the best all around mic for a taper, but it has its place in the market. I am sure they will sell well.

I ran my 414's cards 90% of the time. But I'm also a creature of habit.
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: spyder9 on May 20, 2008, 09:13:15 PM
spyder9, how do you arrive at the conclusion that this must be an electret design? The spec sheet references a patent which I downloaded and read; nothing there mentions or (to me) implies an electret.

--best regards

Voltage, my friend!  The variance is always a dead giveaway.   ;)

12 to 52 V Phantom power to IEC 61938
Title: Re: New AKG!
Post by: illconditioned on May 20, 2008, 09:48:02 PM
spyder9, how do you arrive at the conclusion that this must be an electret design? The spec sheet references a patent which I downloaded and read; nothing there mentions or (to me) implies an electret.

--best regards

Voltage, my friend!  The variance is always a dead giveaway.   ;)

12 to 52 V Phantom power to IEC 61938

That means nothing!  My Beyerdynamic MC930 will also power off 12-48V.  In fact, I run them off 18V in the field.  They are externally polarized condenser.  How?  They have an internal DC-DC converter that bumps the input up to 50V for the capsule.  The electronics runs off something like 10V.

  Richard