Soyuz MicrophonesThe Launcher
intermediate
New retail price (MSRP)
$249
Used market: $205*
Specifications
2 of 7 values have a recorded source- Type
- inline_booster·
- Inserted gain
- 26✓
- Input connector
- 3-Pin XLR Female·
- Output connector
- 3-Pin XLR Male·
- Description
- 26 dB in-line booster built around a hand-wound transformer rather than a straight FET stage. Powered from 48 V per IEC 61938, output impedance 1 kΩ, recommended load >1 kΩ, current draw 5.0 mA.·
- Needs phantom power
- yes✓
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Gain staging
Unlike a Cloudlifter or FetHead this box is not meant to be transparent — the transformer is the product. Judge it by what it does to the tone, not by the 26 dB, which any $45 booster also gives.
Production Warning
48 V phantom powers the box itself. Soyuz do not publish a pass-through figure and specify the Launcher for dynamic and ribbon microphones; plan on the phantom stopping here.
Setups using this gear
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~82% retained value).