Sontronics Mercury Valve/Tube Condenser Microphone
Sontronics Mercury is a variable pattern valve/tube condenser microphone designed to capture stunning sound from solo instruments, percussion and vocals to ensemble and orchestral work, overhead and room miking, voiceover and more.
Key Features:
- Valve condenser
- Variable polar patterns
- Pad (0, -10dB) and low-cut filter (linear, 75Hz) controls
- 1% tolerance on components
- Professional power supply with medical-grade interference filter
- Incredibly low self-noise for a valve microphone (less than 12dB, A-weighted)
- Covered by lifetime warranty
Product Code: 100317481
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Sontronics Mercury takes things a step up from the multi-award-winning Aria microphone, with the highest-grade components and a hand-selected and tested, european-made vacuum tube, delivering oustanding results. Mercury is hand-bult in the UK, developed alongside top aritsts and producers including engineers at Abbey Road Studios.
The Mercury gives you an infinite choice of polar patterns from omnidirectional to figure-of-eight and everything in between, controlled via the sweepable control knob on the front of the power supply.
The mic also has pad (0, -10dB) and low-cut filter (linear, 75Hz) controls and a professional power supply with medical-grade interference filter, and it boasts incredibly low self-noise for a valve microphone (less than 12dB, A-weighted), making this a must-have microphone for any studio serious about achieving the best quality results.
Main features of the Sontronics Mercury include:
Recommended applications
Polar pattern: | Sweepable from omni to figure-of-eight & everything in between |
Frequency response: | 20Hz - 20kHz |
Pad: | 0, -10dB |
Filter: | Linear, 75Hz |
Sensitivity: | 18mV/Pa -33dB ±1.5dB (0dB = 1V/Pa @ 1,000Hz) |
Impedance: | ≤200 Ohms |
Equivalent noise level: | <12dB (A-weighted) |
Max SPL (for 0.5% THD @ 1kHz): | 125dB |
Power: | 115/230V *phantom power NOT required* |
Connector: | 8-pin connector (mic), 3-pin XLR-M (power supply) |
Dimensions: | 250 x 90 x 80mm |
Weight: | 2317g (mic only) |
Comes with: | wooden box (for Mercury mic), shockmount, cables, power supply, aluminium flightcase |