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Audix

i5

microphone

$105

Gebrauchtmarkt: $80*

Datenblatt des Herstellers

Technische Daten

5 von 7 Werten mit vermerkter Quelle
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Transducer Type
Dynamic Moving Coil
Sensitivity dBV
-55.92
Output Impedance ohms
280
Phantom Power Required
no
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only

Kommentar des Toningenieurs

Tonal Profile

The standing alternative to an SM57 on a snare or a guitar cabinet: cardioid VLM Type B capsule, 50 Hz - 16 kHz, rated above 140 dB SPL, which is what a snare rim asks for.

Gain Staging Advice

1.6 mV/Pa is -55.92 dBV/Pa, within a tenth of a decibel of an SM57 - as far as the preamp is concerned they are the same microphone, and any difference you hear is the capsule, not the level. The 280 ohm output is higher than the Shure's 150, so an input below about 1.5 kilohms will start to load it.

Was im Datenblatt tatsächlich steht

Wörtlich von der Herstellerseite zitiert, mit dem Datum der Prüfung. Wir behaupten das Gedruckte, nicht die Absicht dahinter.

Herstellerdokumente widersprechen sich
«Sensitivity 1.6 mV / Pa @ 1k ... The microphone shall have a sensitivity of 1.5 mV / Pa at 1 kHz and a sound pressure level >=140 dB.»

Both sentences are on the same Audix data sheet: the specifications table says 1.6 mV/Pa at 1 kHz, the Architect and Engineer paragraph beside it says 1.5 mV/Pa at 1 kHz. The gap is 0.56 dB (-55.9 against -56.5 dBV/Pa). We store the table figure, because that is the row a reader compares against other microphones.

geprüft am 5.8.2026

* Geschätzt über das Abschreibungsmodell (~76% Restwert). · geprüft am 5.8.2026