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Flamingo ME have unidirectional cardioid polar patterns and introduce a new physical design in the industry. The large, acoustically-transparent head construction keeps sound details as close to unaffected as possible. The combination of massive body, internal capsule shockmount, integrated head shockmount and the included compact external shockmount work together to reduce rumble and outside infrasonic interference as well as mechanical shocks.
The internal vacuum tube pre-amplifier is based on class-A fully discrete electronics, built using the best quality components and carefully selected and tested 6267 vacuum tube. All circuits are designed under the highest audio standards and provide linear audio frequency range, very high dynamics, ultra-low self-noise, and very low audio distortion of all types. We use custom wound large size balanced audio transformer at the output to provide maximum of symmetry and separation of the output signal.
Flamingo ME microphone comes with sequential, soft starting power supply unit. At first step after switching on it provides stabilised DC voltage with limited current for tube heater's protection. Only after heating of cathode the stabilised plate and polarisation voltages begin to raise from zero until full nominal of application voltages. The audio output of the microphone is muted until end of above sequential starting process. Sequence is under changing LED indicator control, but digital display shows actual plate voltage.
Rugged microphone construction with multilevel internal shock-mounts - separate for the capsule, head, electronics board and tube itself effectively reduce tube microphonic's, stand rumble, outside infrasonic interference and mechanical shocks. Flamingo ME comes with compact external shockmount for maximum of performance.
Special highest quality multi wire audio/powering cable is included for microphone to power supply unit connection. We recommend to use our audiophile quality microphone cable for further connection from power supply unit output to preamplifier or mixing console input. That cable will minimize external noise, signal loss and maximize contact quality and is available as option.
The internal vacuum tube pre-amplifier is based on class-A fully discrete electronics, built using the best quality components and carefully selected and tested 6267 vacuum tube. All circuits are designed under the highest audio standards and provide linear audio frequency range, very high dynamics, ultra-low self-noise, and very low audio distortion of all types. We use custom wound large size balanced audio transformer at the output to provide maximum of symmetry and separation of the output signal.
Flamingo ME microphone comes with sequential, soft starting power supply unit. At first step after switching on it provides stabilised DC voltage with limited current for tube heater's protection. Only after heating of cathode the stabilised plate and polarisation voltages begin to raise from zero until full nominal of application voltages. The audio output of the microphone is muted until end of above sequential starting process. Sequence is under changing LED indicator control, but digital display shows actual plate voltage.
Rugged microphone construction with multilevel internal shock-mounts - separate for the capsule, head, electronics board and tube itself effectively reduce tube microphonic's, stand rumble, outside infrasonic interference and mechanical shocks. Flamingo ME comes with compact external shockmount for maximum of performance.
Special highest quality multi wire audio/powering cable is included for microphone to power supply unit connection. We recommend to use our audiophile quality microphone cable for further connection from power supply unit output to preamplifier or mixing console input. That cable will minimize external noise, signal loss and maximize contact quality and is available as option.
Under the special order Flamingo ME microphones are available in matched stereo pairs to provide balanced stereo recordings.
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
VSM47-FL - Shockmount
PSU - power supply unit
VTC-06 - tube microphone cable 6m
IEC - grounding mains cable
Specifications
Transducer type |
electrostatic |
Operating principle |
pressure gradient |
Diaphragm's active diameter |
26 mm |
Frequency range |
20 Hz to 20 kHz |
Polar pattern |
unidirectional - cardioid |
Output impedance |
50 ohms |
Rated load impedance |
1000 ohms |
Suggested load impedance |
>500 ohms |
Sensitivity at 1000 Hz into 1000 ohms load |
21,5 mV/Pa |
S/N Ratio CCIR 468-3 weighted |
76.5 dB |
S/N Ratio DIN/IEC 651 A-weighted |
87.5 dB-A |
Equivalent noise level DIN/IEC A-weighted |
6,5 dB-A |
Maximum SPL for 0.5% THD at 1000 ohm load |
133,5 dB |
Dynamic range of the internal preamplifier |
127 dB |
Phantom powering voltage on pins #2 & #3 of XLR |
+48 V (+/-4 V) |
Current consumption |
<2 mA |
Output connector |
3-pin XLR male, gold plated contacts |
Dimensions |
160 mm x 220 mm x 140 mm |
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10 YEARS WARRANTY
We are also extending warranty on those microphones that were sold before 2007 (for which the 5 year warranty has already been expired)
We are constantly improving our products quality investing in our people education, researches, technologies and manufacturing tools.
In the past few years, after an extensive research and testing period, we have introduced numerous innovative technologies and designs to the microphone industry, such as the "Magic Ear" capsule, our latest capsule diaphragm technology "Golden Drops", a new design of shock mount as well as metal mesh pop-filter, and last but not least, the “Global Pre” - the most compact microphone preamplifier body for vintage bayonet heads.
ABOUT
It is almost impossible to picture today's pro audio and recording industry without technological innovations introduced by Violet™ microphones.
For end users, Violet's vast experience in microphone technologies coupled with graceful designs adds up to unprecedented quality. All Violet Design microphones are hand made in Latvia.
Violet Design was founded in 2003 to facilitate the manufacturing and worldwide distribution of Violet™ and Flamingo™ branded microphones.
CONTACT
Violet Design Ltd.
P.O.Box 3393, Tallinn, 10506, Estonia
- CONTACT PHONE:
+372 5584628 - E-MAIL ADDRESS:
SALES@VIOLET-DESIGN.COM - SKYPE:
roman.rubintsik