[Musikmesse] sE Electronics and Rupert Neve RNT

Published on 04/16/2015 by Banshee in Avalon, last updated on 04/16/2015

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sE Electronics and Rupert Neve partnered again to design a new tube microphone, the RNT that they are showing at Musikmesse 2015.

The RNT is a large diaphragm, multi-directivity tube microphone. It hosts a high-voltage tube and an sE Electronics capsule and is completed with a discrete Class A compact tabletop amp that uses the same op-amps as on the Neve 5088 console and two custom Neve transformers.

Specifications:

Hand made 1” gold-sputtered custom capsule
9-way directivity switch (cardioid, omnidirectional, figure 8)
One 12AU7/ECC82 tube
Mic frequency response: 20 Hz – 25 kHz
High-pass filter at 40 and 80 Hz
Gain switch: –12 dB, 0 dB, +12 dB
Sensitivity: –36.5 dB
Equivalent noise level: 15.6 dB A-weighted
Max SPL: 153 dB
Input impedance < 200 Ohms
Load impedance: 1 kOhms
XLR 3-pin connector

The new RNT is expected during Q3, 2015 with an MSRP of $3,495. Details are online at www.seelectronics.com and if you click here, you could win this new tube microphone.

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