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Electro-VoiceND68

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$159

Used market: $125*

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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
-61.94✓
Output impedance
150✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

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

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).