Beyerdynamic M 160 Dynamic Double-Ribbon Microphone (Hypercardioid)

Description

The dynamic double-ribbon M 160 microphone is unique in terms of sound, production, and history. It features outstanding technical properties. This makes it predestined for a variety of sound sources such as electric guitar amplifiers, hihats or overhead. Its hypercardioid polar pattern is unique. Due to the extremely complex production process, the microphone can only be made by hand by a few employees of Beyerdynamic at the company’s location in Heilbronn, Germany. Like its famous users, the M 160 has achieved cult status. Therefore, the microphone, which has been manufactured since 1957, was inducted into the NAMM TEC Awards Technology Hall of Fame in 2019.

• Dynamic double-ribbon microphone
• Hypercardioid polar pattern
• Warm and silky sound
• High impulse fidelity and good transient response
• Handcrafted in Germany =+= Transducer type
Dynamic
Operating principle
Pressure gradient
Frequency response
40 – 18,000 Hz
Polar pattern
Hypercardioid
Rear attenuation at 1 kHz
> 25 dB at 110°
Sensitivity (0 dB = 1 V/Pa)
1.0 mV/Pa (= -60 dBV)
Nominal impedance
200 Ω
Load impedance
≥ 1000 Ω
Diaphragm
Pure aluminium
Case/finish
Brass
Connector
XLR, 3-pin, male
Length
164 mm
Shaft diameter
23 mm
Head diameter
38 mm
Weight
192 g