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PreSonusPD-70

microphone

New retail price (MSRP)

$136

Used market: $105*

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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
-55.9✓
Phantom power required
no✓
Connection
XLR-Only✓
Release year
2020·
Indexable Locales
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Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal profile

Front-address broadcast dynamic in the SM7B mould, sold into the same podcast rack. Analogue only: no converter, no switches, no software.

Gain staging

-55.9 dBV/Pa is SM7B territory: close speech needs about 55-60 dB of clean gain, which is at the top of what a two-input interface has and the reason inline boosters are sold next to microphones like this. PreSonus publishes no output impedance for it, so that field stays empty.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~77% retained value).