Audio-TechnicaAT4033a
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$399
Used market: $310*
Specifications
1 of 9 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Self-noise
- 17·
- Transducer
- Condenser Electret✓
- Sensitivity
- -32·
- Output impedance
- 100·
- Phantom power required
- yes·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The oldest surviving 40-series large diaphragm: cardioid only, back-electret, transformerless. Its reputation is for being unexcited - a small presence lift and nothing else - which is why it survives on acoustic guitar and voice-over.
Gain staging
-32 dBV/Pa is loud, and 17 dB-A is average; the combination means an inexpensive preamp will not embarrass it. Note the US domain returns 403 to anything automated - the numbers here come from Audio-Technica's Japanese sheet, which is the one that names units at all.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).