beyerdynamicM 201 TG
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$500
Used market: $390*
Specifications
2 of 8 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Transducer
- Dynamic Moving Coil·
- Sensitivity
- -58✓
- Output impedance
- 200·
- Phantom power required
- no·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
A hypercardioid moving coil in a brass body with a Hostaphan diaphragm - the studio dynamic that behaves like a small condenser on snare, hi-hat and acoustic guitar. 40 Hz to 18 kHz and better than 20 dB of rear rejection at 120 degrees, published as a number rather than implied by a plot.
Gain staging
1.2 mV/Pa is -58 dBV/Pa - two decibels below an SM57 and among the quietest dynamics anyone puts on a snare. On a quiet source that costs real preamp gain: budget 60 dB and a preamp whose noise floor you trust. beyerdynamic prints this number only in the A6 spec sheet linked from the product page, never in the page itself.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).