The Product

The Neumann KMR82I is an outstanding high directivity long shotgun microphone for use in the film, television and electronic news gathering industries. It uses a combination of a pressure gradient transducer and an interference tube. If the wavelength of the frequency is longer than the tube length, the microphone functions as pressure gradient transducer, but at higher frequencies it operates as an interference transducer for lateral sound. Off-axis sound sources are picked up with reduced level, but without coloration. This design of microphone is well suited to record individual instruments of an orchestra where pickup areas of several shotgun microphones may even overlap, but without causing any problem.

Other features include extremely low self noise, very high output capability, low power consumption, light weight, and low sensitivity to wind and handling noise. The microphone capsule is positioned inside a housing tube that is acoustically open but has a high flow resistance. The directional pattern of the microphone is lobe shaped and the attenuation of lateral sound is practically independent of the frequency. Between 2kHz and 15kHz the KMR82I has a boost to compensate for high frequency transmission losses in air when recording distant sound sources. This may overemphasize any sibilance if the microphone is used close-up, therefore a two-position slide switch allows the user to select the setting that is best for balanced upper frequencies. This model comes in a satin nickel finish.

Requires phantom power to function.

The Manufacturer

Neumann was formed in 1928 by Georg Neumann and Erich Rickmann. They were consumed by the idea of mass producing a microphone using the capacitative transducer principle and out of this passion came a series of definitive studio microphones which have become legendary in their own right. Neumann continues to lead the way in microphone technology and many engineers and producers consider Neumann products to be the best that money can buy.

General

• transducer type condenser
• polar pattern supercardioid
• frequency response 20Hz - 20kHz
• sensitivity 21mV/Pa
• nominal impedance 150Ω
• signal to noise ratio 82dB A-weighted
• max sound pressure level 128dB
• self noise 12dB A-weighted
• power requirements 48V ±4dB
• connector 3 pole male XLR
• dimensions 395mm L x 21mm D
• weight 250g

Accessories Included

WS82 Windshield
Protective Leather Case

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