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ElgatoWave DX

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$100

Used market: $80*

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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
-52✓
Output impedance
600✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Cardioid dynamic, 50 Hz to 15 kHz, sold beside Elgato's USB Wave line but purely analogue: XLR out, no converter, no software.

Gain staging

Elgato prints both units - 2.5 mV/Pa and -52 dBV/Pa - and they agree. The number to watch is the 600-ohm output impedance: that is four times a Shure dynamic and the highest in this batch, so it wants an input of at least 1.5-2 kohm to keep its level and low end.

Setups using this gear

ART Tube MP Studio V3 with an Elgato Wave DX: ART's own sheet says 50–60 dB, the shops say 70 or 80Elgato Wave DX on an Audient iD14 MkII: an XLR-only microphone with 600 Ω of output impedance and no published load limit

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~80% retained value).