Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle

Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle

$3,638.00
$3,638.00
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Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle
  • Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle
  • Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle
  • Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle
Telefunken Elektroakustik

Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 with Empirical Labs Mike-E Bundle

Large-diaphragm condenser microphone offering a fresh take on the “Austrian” microphone sound associated with the Telefunken ELA M 251E and C12 - bundled with the Empirical Labs EL9 Mike-E channel strip

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Product Description

TELEFUNKEN ELEKTROAKUSTIK TF51 TUBE CONDENSER MICROPHONE

The Telefunken Elektroakustik TF51 is a fresh take on the “Austrian” microphone sound associated with the Telefunken ELA M 251E and C12. The TF51 continues this legacy, exhibiting a smooth midrange and airy top end, capturing every nuance in pleasant detail. This is a reliable first choice for stand out vocals, acoustic instruments, and percussion.

This lifelike fidelity is created with high-quality components based on these inspirations. The 6072A vacuum tube (also found in our ELA M 251E and C12) is mated with an edge-terminated style capsule similar to the historic CK12. The output transformer is a custom German-made Haufe transformer, the original manufacturer for TELEFUNKEN. This attention to detail gives the TF51 a beautifully open and smooth sonic profile.

Every TF51 microphone system comes with a multi pattern M 903 Power Supply, M 803 Tube Microphone Cable, ZC03 Shell Case, M 703 Shock Mount, M 782 Stand Mount, and Microphone Sleeve.

APPLICATIONS:

  • Female vocals, Pop vocals
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Drum overheads
  • Violin
  • Mandolin
  • Grand piano

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