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Aston MicrophonesOrigin

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$299

Used market: $235*

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Specifications

4 of 7 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Condenser True✓
Sensitivity
-32.5✓
Phantom power required
yes✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

1-inch gold-evaporated capsule, cardioid, with a -10 dB pad and an 80 Hz low-cut. Self-noise is 18 dB(A) and max SPL 127 dB - both a long way behind the Lewitt and the Neumann here, and the reason it is cheaper.

Gain staging

Aston publishes only 23.7 mV/Pa, measured into 1 kohm; -32.5 dBV/Pa is that converted. Output impedance is not published at all, so a claim about how it behaves on a low-impedance input cannot be made from the datasheet.

Setups using this gear

Aston Origin on an Audient EVO 4 and an iPad mini: a higher clip point costs you gain, it does not save it

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value).