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beyerdynamicTG D70

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$249

Used market: $195*

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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
-53.1✓
Output impedance
280✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Hypercardioid kick-drum dynamic with an integrated elastic suspension, 20 Hz - 14.1 kHz close-miked. The response stopping at 14.1 kHz is a decision rather than a limit: there is little above it inside a kick drum.

Gain staging

-53.1 dBV/Pa makes this the loud outlier among kick microphones: 8.8 dB above both an Audix D6 and an Electro-Voice ND68, and 10.9 dB above a Shure Beta 52A. If you are used to running a kick channel near the top of the preamp, this one will surprise you at the other end - start low and expect to cut, not add.

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