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sE Electronics

V7 X

microphone

$99

Used market: $75*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

5 of 7 values have a recorded source
Connectors
XLR 3-Pin Male·
Has Built In ADC
no·
Transducer Type
Dynamic Moving Coil✓
Sensitivity dBV
-53.98✓
Output Impedance ohms
300✓
Phantom Power Required
no✓
Connection Architecture
XLR-Only✓

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

The instrument version of sE's V7: same aluminium voice coil and neodymium magnet, capsule retuned for cabinets and drums rather than for a hand-held vocal, supercardioid, 30 Hz - 19 kHz.

Gain Staging Advice

sE publishes '2.0 mV/Pa (-54 dB)'. The millivolt figure is unambiguous and converts to -53.98 dBV/Pa, which is what we store; the bare '-54 dB' names no reference, and here it happens to coincide with dBV. That is 2 dB hotter than an SM57 on the same guitar cabinet. The 300 ohm output wants an input of 2 kilohms or better.

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~76% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026