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Product Description
TELEFUNKEN ELEKTROAKUSTIK TF11 FET CONDENSER MICROPHONE
The Telefunken Elektroakustik TF11 is the latest member of the Alchemy Series and their first large-diaphragm phantom-powered condenser microphone. Developed with a multitude of recording situations in mind from home to studio to stage, the TF11 blends an Austrian-inspired voicing similar to the legendary C12 with modern FET high performance. This yields a beautifully open and detailed 3D sonic image, with a quick, accurate transient response, high SPL handling, and low self-noise.
The compact, cardioid only TF11 features a full low end, detailed and punchy midrange, and airy top end. This classic tonality makes it suitable for countless sources including voice, acoustic instruments, and drum overheads. On voice, the TF11 is transparent, clear and detailed, providing mix-ready audio that’s both dynamic, open and sonically accurate to the source. When used on acoustic instruments, the TF11’s fast transient response and edge terminated capsule capture string and pick attack in impressive detail with an excellent balance of midrange wood tone, while its open-top accentuates the instrument’s natural harmonics and clarity. When utilized on drum overheads, the TF11 presents an impressively lifelike image, while its fast transient response delivers a punchy and focused representation of the kit. Its high SPL handling widens the scope of possibilities to louder sources not always suitable for condensers, like toms, brass and guitar amplifiers.
The TF11 features a unique combination of circuit elements shared with other Telefunken Elektroakustik designs. The CK12-style edge terminated capsule is a single-membrane version of the capsule featured in the TF51. The amplifier is a unique proprietary take on the classic FET mic amplifier similar to the M60, coupled with a custom large format nickel-iron core transformer by OEP/Carnhill made in the UK. Premium through-hole components include UK-made polystyrene film capacitors, Nichicon Fine Gold electrolytic capacitors, and a high-performance, ultra-low-noise JFET amplifier.
Finished in a deep indigo blue powder coat with black nickel hardware, the TF11 retains the same form factor as other Alchemy Series microphones but shortens the length by 1-inch. This low profile size combined with the lack of external power supply and proprietary cable of a tube microphone make the TF11 extremely easy to set up, break down, and transport; perfect for home recording and touring alike. The microphone comes with a sleek protective mic case, microphone dust cover, and two mount options. Whether it’s bedroom vocals, live drum overheads, or studio guitar amps, the TF11 will deliver consistently excellent results.
Designed, hand-assembled and tested in the USA, all critical components are subject to the same high standards as the rest of Telefunken Elektroakustik’s product line. Each critical component is rigorously tested prior to installation, including capsule frequency response and transistor noise and distortion. After assembly, all TF11 amplifiers are hand-tuned for lowest possible distortion figures before additional frequency response and final listening testing.
From the small, dedicated American team that has carried on the legacy of the most sought after recording microphones of all time, the TF11 is both a nod to the past and a step in a new direction with a focus on versatility, affordability, and sound quality. The TF11 was developed to bring the Alchemy Series pristine audio quality into a more compact and convenient package, designed for the studio, built for the stage, and priced for everyone.
APPLICATIONS:
- Female vocals, pop vocals
- Acoustic guitar
- Drum overheads
- Piano
- Live sound
EMPIRICAL LABS EL-9 MIKE-E CHANNEL STRIP
In today’s modern age of digital recorders, DAWs and software plug-ins, The Empirical Labs EL-9 Mike-E is the ultimate solution for getting a clean and strong, yet warm and musical signal into the box… and it couldn’t be easier to work – its front panel layout is so straight ahead that even inexperienced engineers will have no problem moving around on it right away.
When the engineering team at Empirical Labs sets out to build a microphone preamp, you can be sure it’ll deliver spectacular sound, be effortless to work, and will provide features unlike any other device in its class. To that end, Empirical Labs proudly present Mike-E, a high performance transformer-coupled mic preamp with a noise floor far below any microphone’s self noise, combined with a one-of-a-kind compressor/saturator circuit that delivers classic knee compression as well as versatile tonal ‘coloring’ that can replicate many of the best characteristics of vintage analog recording equipment.
- Microphone preamplifier featuring stepped gain with super low noise
- High-quality components used throughout
- High-performance DI for direct-input instruments
- 80 Hz highpass filter featuring the low-frequency cut of vintage equalizers
- Polarity switch inverts audio signal 180 degrees
- CompSat functions as Compressor/Limiter and distinct tape-like saturation circuit
- High-frequency emphasis system softens high-frequency pile-ups adding color enhancement
- Blend Compressed/Saturated signal with the unprocessed dry signal
- Frequency Response: 3 Hz – 200 kHz on (CompSat out); 3 Hz – 150 kHz (CompSat in)
- Signal to Noise: 130 dB (40 dB gain)
- Maximum output: +28 dBu
- Distortion: 0.0006% – 15%
- Input Impedance: 600 Ohms; Output impedance: <38 Ohms
Features
Specifications
| Diameter | |
|---|---|
| Length | |
| Analog or Digital | |
| Capsule Type | |
| Number of Microphones | |
| Polar Pattern | Cardioid |
| Transducer Type | Condenser |
| Tube or Solid State |