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Neumann

TLM 170 R

microphone

$3,395

Gebrauchtmarkt: $2,650*

Datenblatt des Herstellers

Technische Daten

1 von 9 Werten mit vermerkter Quelle
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Self Noise d BA
14·
Transducer Type
Condenser True·
Sensitivity dBV
-41.9
Output Impedance ohms
50·
Phantom Power Required
yes·
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only·
Updated At
2026-08-05T23:27:57.432Z·

Kommentar des Toningenieurs

Tonal Profile

The studio-mounted five-pattern Neumann: flat and unflattering by design, with a diffuse-field-corrected top rather than a presence peak. It is a measurement-adjacent large diaphragm, used where the room is supposed to be heard.

Gain Staging Advice

-41.9 dBV/Pa is quiet for a large diaphragm - about 8 dB below a TLM 103. On a soft source at a metre you will be asking a preamp for 55-60 dB, so its own noise floor starts to matter.

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Messbedingungen
«Sensitivity at 1 kHz into 1 kohm 8 mV/Pa ± 1 dB»

One sensitivity figure, and one self-noise figure of 14 dB-A, stand for all five switchable patterns (omni, wide cardioid, cardioid, hypercardioid, figure-8); the sheet does not say which pattern was measured. Neumann does it the other way round on the U 87 Ai, where the same table gives 20/28/22 mV/Pa and three separate noise figures. A dual-diaphragm capsule really does change output level with pattern, so a single number cannot be right for all five.

geprüft am 6.8.2026

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