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AKG C 414 B-XL II

Large diaphragm condenser microphone from AKG belonging to the C414 series

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Published on 04/06/07 at 09:30
Condenser microphone.
I abridge the specs, you'll find anywhere.

The construction is sturdy, the perfect finish.
Lots of possibilities:
- 5 types of directional
- 3 levels of attenuation
- 3 low-cut frequency
In short, it can work! Selection is made by scrolling with silent switches, a green LED indicating the value adopted. The recall is automatic when the microphone back on its settings found! In addition, the LED turns red if the input is saturated (I'm still here! Should be a sax or bass drum!)

Comes with an aluminum case with the addition:
- An anti-Pop (a real one, not a toy)
- A windshield
- The suspension ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ease. We slide the microphone, it is 1 / 4 turn on the large locking ring, and presto! It is!
- The graph of frequency response of your copy of micro ... Class!
- The usual paperwork

OVERALL OPINION

I had a Behringer B2pro, which I found while being properly aggressive when we face it: I now know that there are actual holes in the frequency of the microwave, especially in the low mids! A real cheese!

The 414 is the slap! Everything is beautiful, the sounds of the room are immediately identifiable, as with his ears! The sound is extremely loyal. This cash levels incredible momentum, I have not been able to do so saturated with the voice! The sound is warm, very musical, soft, very natural ...

If you have a budget of 2000-3000 Auros for your home studio, DO NOT DECON: put 800 euros into the microphone, quite simply temporarily to a kind Blue-Tube preamp, it will anyway! DO NOT BUTTS ON THE MIC is 50% of her! As I regret having taken years to understand that! What lost time!

Do not listen to advice that you explain that to 200 euros Chinese micro approaches a C414, or even a = TLM103 is wrong, wrong, wrong!
With such a microphone, your voice (or guitar, or other ...) is true, the Equal become anecdotal, the mix is ​​no problem!