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Klark TeknikMic Booster CT 1

intermediate

New retail price (MSRP)

$45

Used market: $35*

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Specifications

2 of 7 values have a recorded source
Type
inline_booster·
Inserted gain
25✓
Input connector
3-Pin XLR Female·
Output connector
3-Pin XLR Male·
Description
The cheapest way to buy 25 dB of in-line gain. Metal barrel, 10 Hz - 20 kHz (±1 dB), 24 x 25 x 78 mm, runs on phantom power with no external supply.·
Needs phantom power
yes✓
Indexable Locales
en·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Gain staging

Same job as a Cloudlifter at a fifth of the price; what you give up is the published noise and impedance figures — Klark Teknik do not print EIN, input impedance or output impedance for this box.

Production Warning

It runs on phantom power and is specified for dynamic and passive ribbon microphones. Klark Teknik do not state in writing whether the 48 V reaches the microphone, so treat it as blocked, like every other booster of this kind, and do not plan a condenser behind it.

Setups using this gear

Klark Teknik Mic Booster CT 1 with an SM58: does phantom power reach the microphone? Nobody has published the answerSM7B with a Klark Teknik CT 1 on an Audient EVO 4: does the cheap booster do the job?

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