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beyerdynamicM 88

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$599

Used market: $465*

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Specifications

5 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Dynamic Moving Coil✓
Sensitivity
-51✓
Output impedance
200✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Hypercardioid dynamic that has been on kick drums, brass and loud vocals for decades, and which beyerdynamic still lists as handmade in Germany. 30 Hz - 20 kHz on the sheet, an unusually wide claim for a moving coil.

Gain staging

beyerdynamic writes the row as 'Sensitivity (0 dB = 1 V/Pa) 2.9 mV/Pa (= -51 dBV)' - the reference spelled out, which is rarer than it should be. -51 dBV/Pa is 3.5 dB above an SM58 and 5 dB above an SM57, making it the loudest passive dynamic in this batch, and a 200 ohm output means nothing loads it. Note that this figure is not on the product page at all: it exists only in the A6 spec sheet PDF linked from it.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).