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The Neumann U87 Ai stereo set features 2 x classic multi-pattern Neumann U87 Ai’s in your choice of nickel or black finish. Superior choice for stereo recording, & includes an aluminum carry case and 2 x Neumann suspension mounts too! The Neumann U 87 Ai has an unrivaled legacy in the recording industry, that nearly every microphone company producing large diaphragm condenser has tried to imitate. The U87 Ai is a front address large diaphragm condenser microphone, and features three set polar patterns: Omni-directional, Cardioid and figure-eight.
Type: Condenser Microphones
The Neumann U 87 Ai - voted as THE best microphone
The readers of the SOUND ON SOUND magazine have voted: U 87 Ai - the BEST MICROPHONE, announced during the Winter NAMM show 2012 in Anaheim, California.
The SOS award went to products, that "have made our lives in the studio all the more enjoyable". It is a further evidence for the reputation of the U 87 Ai as the world famous, professional standard studio condenser microphone. Until today the U 87 sets the mark in the microphone industry by which all others are measured.
The U 87 presents a wide range of features and versatility that make it to one of the most desirable mics available. Our users are recognising the microphone immediately by its distinctive design. Well-known for its warm and well balanced characteristics - your perfect choice as vocal microphone for all types of music and speech. The usage as main microphone for orchestra recordings or as spot mic for single instruments make it the most general-purpose microphone - in studios, for broadcasting, film and television.
Feature Summary:
Variable large diaphragm microphone
Pressure-gradient transducer with double membrane capsule
The studio microphone classic
Three directional characteristics: omni, cardioid, figure-8
Switchable low frequency roll-off
Switchable 10 dB pre-attenuation
Various stereo recording applications
Ideal as main and as support microphone in the most differing recording situations
For universal use
The classical studio mic for vocalists (soloists and background vocalists)
Announcer's mic for broadcasting, dubbing, voice-over
Overhead
Acoustical operating principle
Pressure gradient transducer
Directional pattern
Omnidirectional, cardioid, figure-8 plus
Frequency range
20 Hz ... 20 kHz
Matching connectors
XLR3F
Weight
500 g
Diameter
56 mm
Length
200 mm
Delivery Range U 87 Ai stereo set
2 x Microphone U 87 Ai (mt)
2 x Elastic suspension EA 87 (mt)
2 x Dust cover
Aluminum case