AUDIO-TECHNICA AE3000

Description

The Artist Elite AE3000 delivers supreme performance at extreme SPLs. This high-SPL large diaphragm cardioid condenser instrument mic excels in applications such as guitar cabinets, toms, snare, timpani, horns and overheads. Its large-diaphragm capsule combines with the open architecture of the headcase to provide an extremely accurate and open sound. Its low-profile side-address design with tapered grille allows for optimal positioning.

Specifications:

  • Element: Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser
  • Polar Pattern: Cardioid
  • Frequency Response: 20-20,000 Hz
  • Low Frequency Roll-Off: 80 Hz, 12 dB/octave
  • Open Circuit Sensitivity: -43 dB (7.0 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
  • Impedance: 100 ohms
  • Maximum Input Sound Level: 148 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.;  158 dB SPL, with 10 dB pad (nominal)
  • Noise: 11 dB SPL
  • Dynamic Range (Typical): 137 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
  • Signal-To-Noise Ratio:83 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
  • Phantom Power Requirements: 11-52V DC, 3 mA typical
  • Swithces: High-pass filter;  10 dB pad (nominal).