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This microphone would be wonderful in a display case but would dominate any other mic in front of a kick drum or bass cabinet. The cable has been replaced with a modern XLR connector but everything else is authentic and ready to use.
From AKG Microphones
The D12 Dynamic Cardioid Microphone is of the moving coil operated type and has an exceptionally smooth, wide-range response. It is designed for use in mobile equipment, recording and public address work for which applications it is particularly sulted owing to its unidirectional "Cardioid" pick-up pattern which greatly reduces feedback, echoes and audience noises.
This new microphone contains a single transducer unit only, spring suspended inside the case, and having a frequency range which, by virtue of a new patented principle, extends down to 40 c.p s. without increasing sensibillty to vibration and wind noise.
The D 12 is a rugged, dependable instrument suitable for outdoor operation. The case is provided with a swivel joint allowing the microphone to be aimed at the source of sound for optimum pick-up. A choice of three diffe- rent threads is available for mounting the instrument.
The standard D 12 microphone without transformer, having an impedance of approximately 60 ohms, may be connected to amplifiers having an imput impedance up to 200 ohms without in any way discurbing the frequency response.
- Frequency range
- 40 to 12.000 cp.s.
- Frequency response
- 4 db max.
- Directional characteristic
- cardioid
- Discrimination between front and rear, at all frequencies
- approx. 15 db
- Effective output level
- 50 dbm (referred to 1 mW and to a sound pressure of 10 dynes/cm2)
- Sensitivity
- at 60 ohms open circuit -0.14 mV ub (77 db below 1 volt/dyne/cm3)
Output impedances
- Standard D 12
- 60 ohms
- D 12/250, D 12/500, D 12/HI
- with built-in matching transformer: choice of 250, 500 ohms or high impedance
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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