The Flamingo
Our Custom Shop - artwork studio "Pink" presents "Flamingo" vacuum
tube microphones. That exclusive product can
be ordered individually under custom configuration
including individual artwork on microphone body.
We are using our "The Magic Ear" capsule
in "Flamingo ME" and standard 1" capsule
in "Flamingo". All our large size true
electrostatic capsules use highest quality Mylar
film diaphragms, sputtered with our special formula
of gold mixture, and tensioned on precisely made
brass back-plate.
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Diaphragm special
coating provides faster transient impulse response,
minimum sound coloration, better low frequency response,
and lets capsule to handle louder sound pressure
levels. Each capsule is carefully checked for
all parameters and measured in an anechoic chamber
for optimum of performance.
Microphones can
have different polar patterns depending from capsule
type and polarisation connection. The microphones
large head grille is made as acoustic filter of multi-layer
brass mesh that reduces plosive sounds, breath, pop
and wind noise, minimises internal resonance, and
keeps high frequencies and sound transparency unaffected.
The internal vacuum tube pre-amplifier is based
on class-A fully discrete electronics, built using
the best quality components and carefully selected
and tested 6267 vacuum tube. All circuits are designed
under the highest audio standards and provide linear
audio frequency range, very high dynamics, low self-noise,
and very low audio distortion of all types. We use
custom wound large size balanced audio transformer
at the output to provide maximum of symmetry and
separation of the output signal.
"Flamingo" microphone comes with sequential,
soft starting power supply unit. At first step after
switching on it provides stabilised DC voltage with
limited current for tube heater's protection. Only
after heating of cathode the stabilised plate and
polarisation voltages begin to raise from zero until
full nominal of application voltages. The audio output
of the microphone is muted until end of above sequential
starting process. Sequence is under changing LED
indicator control, but digital display shows actual
plate voltage.
Rugged microphone construction with multilevel internal
shock-mounts - separate for the capsule, head, electronics
board and tube itself effectively reduce tube microphonic's,
stand rumble, outside infrasonic interference and
mechanical shocks. "Flamingo" comes with
compact external shockmount for maximum of performance.
Special highest quality multi wire audio/powering
cable is included for microphone to power supply
unit connection. We recommend to use our audiophile
quality microphone cable for further connection
from power supply unit output to preamplifier or
mixing console input. That cable will minimize
external noise, signal loss and maximize contact
quality and is available as option.
Under the special order "Flamingo" microphones
are available in matched stereo pairs to provide
balanced stereo recordings
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