Manley Reference Cardioid Microphone

Company Profile

Manley Laboratories in recent years has expanded and thrived under EveAnna Manley's leadership. Our 11,000 sq. ft. building houses our own machine shop, printed circuit board manufacture, audio transformer winding, engraving, and silk-screening facilities.

All custom design, R&D, assembly, testing, and quality control processes are performed with precision and pride at the Manley factory, located just 35 miles east of Los Angeles.

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The Reference Cardioid Microphone shares the same electronic attributes as the Gold Reference Series, but has a center-fixed cardioid-only capsule with a thicker gauge (6 micron) gold sputtered diaphragm. With the similar film thickness and construction, similar high frequency resonance (a little edge), similar proximity effect and pretty good immunity from pops and sibilance problems, our Reference Cardioid more closely recalls how many of the vintage European tube mics such as the beloved U47 sounded like when they were new.

Its rich tonal balance and liquid character is consistently admired for instruments such as guitars, drum overheads, saxophone, and especially vocals. With your present mic, if you find yourself leaning on your compressors and boosting 5 or 10K to score a bit more testosterone, then the Reference Cardioid just might be the mic you’re looking for to cure what ails ya. If you seem to be constantly boosting 12-18K and trying to get a clean, intimate sound, then probably the Reference Gold would be the safest bet.

Specifications
• All-Tube triode design
• -10 dB switchable pad
• Frequency response: 10Hz-30KHz
• Sensitivity: 17mV/Pa
• Noise typically -120dB EIN
• Max SPL: 150dB
• Actual output impedance 200 ohms
• Weight: 2.25 Lbs.
• Selected matched pairs available
• Custom transformerless internal preamp version also available to order
• Outboard Power Supply is factory set for 220-240VAC operation
• Operating Mains Voltage changeable with power transformer re-wiring via switch and fuse value change
• Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~ 60Hz