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CharterOak Acoustic Devices S600
Cardioid Tube Condenser Microphone
The S600 is a large-diaphragm tube mic with an unusual end-address design. Charter Oak ships them in sequentially-numbered, matched pairs, intended primarily for stereo and instrument recording.
The mic capsule is a 35mm, edge-terminated design with a single 26mm-diameter diaphragm. The membrane is made of 6-micron Mylar, sputtered with gold. CharterOak’s internal designation for this design is “S-3;” it is also used in the FET version of this mic, the S700.
The tube is a selected ECC83/12AX7 from JJ Electronics.
The output circuit is transformer-coupled, using a proprietary transformer wound in Connecticut to CharterOak’s specifications.
The included power supply drives both microphones simultaneously.
SoundOnSound, 2007
The frequency response charts supplied with the mics show a pretty flat response, but not as flat as the generic trace published on the company’s web site. They were both within a couple of dB from 60Hz to 7kHz, with a modest resonant peak at about 9kHz, above which the level falls off gracefully.
The S600 sounds like a hand-tailored large-diaphragm mic. It quite definitely has a character, which is slightly warm and quite rich… I tried the mic on a couple of different electric guitar/amp combinations and found it did indeed work very well, capturing the required sound in a pleasing, musical way, with plenty of detail but without harshness.
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The mic was released in 2005.
Specifications
| Frequency Response - CardioidClick Graph to Compare! |
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Cardioid
(13 mV/Pa; 20 - 18,000 Hz) |
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| Capsule Dimensions | Impedance | SPL/Noise |
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| Diaphragm diameter: 26mm Capsule diameter: 35mm Diaphragm gauge: 6 microns |
200 Ohms (Low) | Max SPL: 125 dB Self-noise: 22.0 dB(A) |
| Weight | Length | Max Diameter | Interface(s) |
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| 590g (20.81oz) | 210mm (8.27'') | 40mm (1.57'') |
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