The Flamingo is the flagship of the Violet Design arsenal. The Flamingo Standard has a bright violet housing, which catches your eye. The mic body houses a Class A full discrete circuit tube preamp. The 6267 tube is mounted inside a heat sink, and the mic did not get overly hot even after several hours of use. This mic has a ton of output with extremely low self-noise. Some of this is due to internal shock-mounting, adding to the size of the mic itself. You'll definitely need a heavy-duty stand, and you'll want to pick up the optional shock mount in order to use this mic.

The included external power supply is a soft starting unit, which mutes audio until the tube has high voltage and is stable—a handy feature if the mic gets cold. A digital readout shows the actual voltage. All of this fits into a wooden case about the size of a mandolin case.

The Flamingo Standard has a unidirectional cardioid polar pattern and introduces 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.

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