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9 polar patternsAdvanced Audio Microphones CM-47

  MSRP: $735 Multi-Pattern Condenser Tube Microphone

Advanced Audio Microphones CM-47

Description

The CM-47 is a tube mic built in China, then upgraded with a Peluso CEK-367 capsule — a Neumann U47-style, 34mm dual diaphragm capsule built with imported German 6-micron Mylar.

Advanced Audio also modifies the amplifier circuit to provide more headroom than in the original U-47, with better transient response, by implementing a “cathode-follower” design. The stock transformer is traded for a “BV8 dual bobbin output transformer wound to the original Telefunken blueprints,” most likely a Cinemag unit. (Hear a comparison of the Neumann BV8 to a Cinemag CM-2461 NiCo FFT.)

Like the U-47/U-48, the CM-47 is a multipattern microphone, offering 9 selectable patterns via switch on the remote power supply.

The mic ships in a road case with power supply, cable, and shockmount.

The Advanced Audio Microphones CM-47 is also known as: CM47.

The mic was released in 2007.

Specifications

Pickup Patterns Pads & Filters
Omnidirectional (25 - 20,000 Hz)
Cardioid (25 - 20,000 Hz)
Bidirectional (25 - 20,000 Hz)
Capsule Dimensions Impedance SPL/Noise
Diaphragm diameter: 34mm
200 Ohms (Low) Max SPL: 125 dB
Weight Length Max Diameter Interface(s)
n/a n/a n/a
  • 3-pin XLR male (1)
Power Specifications
  • Includes tube power supply

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