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Electro-Voice

ND68

microphone

$159

Used market: $125*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

5 of 7 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Transducer Type
Dynamic Moving Coil✓
Sensitivity dBV
-61.94✓
Output Impedance ohms
150✓
Phantom Power Required
no✓
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

Supercardioid kick-drum dynamic on a fixed gooseneck, 140 dB SPL, with a humbucking coil against the magnetic field of nearby drum hardware and stage lighting.

Gain Staging Advice

0.8 mV/Pa is -61.94 dBV/Pa - 9.5 dB quieter than the ND76 in the same brochure and 6 dB below an SM57. Inside a kick that is deliberate and correct. Outside one it is a trap: this is a microphone that will make a modest interface hiss audibly if you point it at anything conversational. The 150 ohm output is the compensation - it drives long cable runs without complaint.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026