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JZ Microphones Vintage V47
Street: $1,695 / MSRP: $1,999 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Description
The V47 is the first in a series of “vintage” microphones from JZ. As the name suggests, this microphone was designed to evoke the sound of the Neumann U 47.
The V47 is not a historical recreation. Rather, like a variety of microphones from BLUE, Peluso, 3-Zigma, and other manufacturers, the V47 attempts to create the same tonality as the vintage Neumann microphone without reproducing the capsule, tube, transformer, and circuitry of the original microphone.
To be sure, there are benefits to using modern electronics: the V47’s sensitivity is 22 mV/Pa, with a very low self-noise of 6dBA. The U 47 had similar sensitivity (in Cardioid mode), but much higher self-noise.
JZ’s self-noise test is performed acoustically, with the capsule attached to the amplifier circuit. The V47 is among the quietest microphones we’ve seen.
The V47’s “flask” shape, with built-in swivel mount, facilitates positioning. Because the capsule is internally shockmounted, the mic needs no external shockmount.
The large-diaphragm capsule employs JZ’s proprietary “Golden Drops” variable-sputtering technique, in which the Mylar diaphragm material is coated with precisely-located discrete dots of gold alloy. The photo shows a production V47 capsule, which like the Neumann K47 uses a single, shared backplate.
The V47 has a fixed cardioid pickup pattern.
The mic’s low self-noise (6dBA) is due in part to its transformerless output circuit.
The JZ Microphones Vintage V47 is also known as: V47.
The mic was released in 2009.
Specifications
| Pickup Patterns | Pads & Filters |
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Cardioid
(22 mV/Pa; 20 - 20,000 Hz) |
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| Capsule Dimensions | Impedance | SPL/Noise |
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| Diaphragm diameter: 25mm |
50 Ohms (Low) | Max SPL: 134 dB Self-noise: 6.0 dB(A) |
| Weight | Length | Max Diameter | Interface(s) |
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| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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