NeumannBCM 104
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$799
Used market: $625*
Specifications
0 of 9 values have a recorded source- Connectors
- XLR 3-Pin Male·
- Built-in converter
- no·
- Self-noise
- 7·
- Transducer
- Condenser True·
- Sensitivity
- -33.1·
- Output impedance
- 50·
- Phantom power required
- yes·
- Connection
- XLR-Only·
- Indexable Locales
- ·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
A broadcast large diaphragm designed to be spoken into from a boom at 10-20 cm, with an internal pop screen and a -14 dB attenuation stage. The capsule is voiced for speech, not for singing: the presence region is worked, the extreme top is not.
Gain staging
-33.1 dBV/Pa with 7 dB-A of self-noise is an unusual combination: loud output and a genuinely low floor, which is exactly what a voice booth wants. Thirty-odd dB of preamp gain is enough, and cheap preamps stop mattering.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).