Earthworks SR30 Cardioid Small Diaphragm Condenser High Definition Microphone (Formerly SR77)

A cleanly directional condenser microphone, the SR30 delivers an accurate, uncolored and natural sounding representation of the sound source toward which you point it. At 6 inches long, it maintains practically all of the "being there" quality of Earthworks' omnis. Its on-axis performance is smooth and open. Its sonic timbre is uniform across the entire front pick-up hemisphere. What you point it toward is what you'll hear...and not much else.

On-axis, its frequency response is flat from 30 Hz to 30 kHz at 15cm; closer, there's a little more bass, at ambient distances there's a little less. Its impulse response is fast and smooth, it'll handle quite hot signals, and it has very low handling pickup. For recording applications its superb sound quality and uncolored directionality are invaluable.

Offering superior performance for a wide variety of real world sources, especially guitar, sax, flute, drums and voice, concert tapers seem to love it. It's rugged enough for high-quality sound reinforcement, because there are no peaks to encourage feedback and the rear rejection is unusually good. The SR30 is powerful for broadcast and vocal production applications as well, where its lifelike clarity and detail enhance communication through realism.

Includes MC1 microphone clip.

Applications

Acoustic String Instruments • Bass Amp • Brass/Woodwinds • Choir • Drums/Percussion • Guitar Amp • Live Vocals • Piano • Studio Vocals • Theater

Features

• Extended frequency response to 30 kHz
• Multi-purpose directional microphone
• More gain before feedback than other microphones
• Less leakage
• Textbook perfect cardioid polar pattern with natural on- and off-axis performance
• Provides excellent results for both live performance and recording applications
• Extreme accuracy in the time domain for faithful reproduction and no smearing or distortion
• Transparent sound quality
• Shorter diaphragm settling time to prevent quieter attacks from being blurred by earlier louder attacks

Specifications

• Frequency Response: 30 Hz to 30 kHz
• Polar Pattern: Cardioid
• Sensitivity: 10 mV/Pa
• Power Requirements: 48 V Phantom, 10 mA
• Peak Acoustic Input: 145 dB SPL
• Output: XLR (PIN 2+)
• Minimum Output Load: 600 Ω between pins 2 and 3
• Noise:
  • 22 dB SPL equivalent (A weighted)
  • 24.5 dB SPL equivalent (Unweighted)
• Dimensions:
  • Product (L x Ø): 8.4" x 0.860"
  • Shipping (H x W x D): 14" x 8" x 6"
• Weight:
  • Product: 0.5 lb.
  • Shipping: 3 lbs.