New AKG!

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

http://www.akg.com/site/products/powerslave,id,1080,pid,1080,nodeid,2,_language,EN.html

SICK!

[odartman]

Sexy

[Javier Cinakowski]

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!

[F.O.Bean]

looks sweet, but is ONLY a cardioid

[spyder9]

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.   

[boojum]

Has anyone actually used one?  The price is good at ~ $600.  How's the sound??

[newplanet7]

Has anyone actually used one?  The price is good at ~ $600.  How's the sound??

QFT
Anyone used one?

[DSatz]

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

[NOLAfishwater]

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.

[Kindguy]

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.

[spyder9]

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

[illconditioned]

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