AudioMedia - October 2008 - (Page 26)

ADK CUSTOM SHOP HAMBURG II AU & VIENNA II AU Stereo Pair Microphones High-end materials and handcraftsmanship combine for two premium mics, says RUSS LONG. here are a lot of companies making their business by importing cheap Chinese capsules, throwing them into budget casings, and selling them for bottom line price tags. On the surface their small price tags make them appear to be a bargain, but when you compare their quality (both sonic and mechanical), they aren’t such a good deal after all. For some reason I had always believed that ADK was one of these companies, but after using its products for several months now, I realise how wrong I was. ADK handcrafts microphones with modern electronics that replicate the sonic timbre of the classic Austrian, Danish, and German microphones of yesteryear. According to ADK, its methodology is based on the Henry Steinway idea to marry the craft of woodworking with the theories of physicist Hermann Helmholtz. ADK morphed this idea into the model of a continuous feedback loop between artists, sound engineers, and design engineers ultimately resulting in the ADK Custom Shop. ADK Custom Shop currently has facilities in Belgium and the US, with plans to add Canada and the UK shortly. In addition to microphones, the ADK Custom Shop offers a microphone preamp and a compressor/ limiter that each employs a unique modular platform allowing the user to easily swap discrete op-amps and transformers. I was grateful to have a couple of channels of CLA- compression to use along with the Vienna II-AU and Hamburg II-AU mics for the review period. T THE REVIEWER Over the last decade RUSS LONG has authored over 100 articles and equipment reviews for Pro Audio Review. Visually, the Hamburg II-AU and Vienna II-AU mics are identical, the only difference being the model number printed on the front of the mic. The mics have a beautiful matte nickel finish reminiscent of a classic Neumann microphone. They are cylindrical measuring two inches by . inches, and they can be purchased individually or as a stereo pair. Both the stereo pair and the individual mics ship in a briefcase style carry case that protects the mic and carries all of the accessories. The stereo pair case carries the two microphones, a pair of standard mic mounts, and a pair of shockmounts. The single case carries the microphone, a standard mic mount, a shockmount, a foam pop filter, and a gooseneck-style pop filter. The ADK Hamburg II-AU and the Vienna II-AU microphones feature twoway attenuation pads ( dB and dB) and high-pass filters ( Hz or Hz). They each have a typical equivalent noise level (A-weighted per IEC -) < dB. The mics are based on a unique FET Features 26 AUDIO MEDIA OCTOBER 2008 http://www.sonnoxplugins.com http://www.sonnoxplugins.com

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AudioMedia - October 2008

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