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LEWITTLCT 440 PURE

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$229

Used market: $180*

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Specifications

5 of 8 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Built-in converter
no·
Transducer
Condenser True✓
Sensitivity
-31.2✓
Output impedance
110✓
Phantom power required
yes✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Indexable Locales
·

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Externally polarised 1-inch capsule, cardioid, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 7 dB(A) self-noise, 140 dB SPL at 0.5 percent THD. Deliberately stripped: one pattern, no pad, no filter.

Gain staging

-31.2 dBV/Pa (27.4 mV/Pa) is the hottest microphone in this batch - 28 dB above an SM7B. On a loud source it is the interface input, not the preamp gain, that runs out first.

Setups using this gear

Lewitt LCT 440 PURE on a Focusrite Vocaster One: 70 dB of gain for a microphone that asks for 32

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~79% retained value).