Audio-Technica AT8022 Stereo Condenser Microphone

Audio-Technica AT8022 Stereo Condenser Microphone Overview:

Ideal for video camera-mount use, stereo field recording, interviews and home recording, Audio-Technica’s versatile AT8022 stereo condenser offers a compact housing and the pristine sound quality of a live sound field. Its coincident capsule configuration produces an X/Y stereo image in a small housing. The microphone is supplied with two cables for use with either pro or consumer gear. It offers switchable low-frequency roll-off and the convenience of battery or phantom power. The microphone is fully RoHS-compliant – free from all substances specified in the EU directive on the reduction of hazardous substances (RoHS).

Features:

• Innovative capsule configuration produces accurate stereo image in smaller housing
• Compact, lightweight design is perfect for video camera-mount use as well as for stereo field recording, interviews and home recording
• Ideal for use with handheld digital recording devices
• Operates on battery or phantom power—for use with pro or consumer equipment
• Switchable low-frequency roll-off
• Includes two cables: one balanced (two 3-pin XLRM-type connectors at output); one unbalanced (3.5 mm TRS at output)
• RoHS-compliant – free from all substances specified in the EU directive on the reduction of hazardous substances (RoHS)

Specifications:

• ELEMENT: Fixed-charge back plate permanently polarized condenser
• POLAR PATTERN: X/Y Stereo
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 20-15,000 Hz
• LOW FREQUENCY ROLL-OFF: 80 Hz, 18 dB/octave
• OPEN CIRCUIT SENSITIVITY: Phantom: –38 dB (12.5 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa ; Battery: –38 dB (12.5 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
• CHANNEL BALANCE: <2.5 dB
• IMPEDANCE: Phantom: 250 ohms ; Battery: 300 ohms
• MAXIMUM INPUT SOUND LEVEL: Phantom: 128 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D. ; Battery: 120 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.
• DYNAMIC RANGE (typical): Phantom: 109 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL ; Battery: 101 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
• SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO: 75 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
• PHANTOM POWER REQUIREMENTS: 11-52V DC, 2 mA typical (each channel)
• BATTERY TYPE: 1.5V AA/UM3
• BATTERY CURRENT / LIFE: 0.7 mA / 700 hours typical (alkaline)
• SWITCH: Battery On/Off; Flat, roll-off
• WEIGHT: 247 g (8.7 oz)
• DIMENSIONS: 186.0 mm (7.32") long, 47.6 mm (1.87") head diameter, 21.0 mm (0.83") maximum body diameter
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• OUTPUT CONNECTOR: Integral 5-pin XLRM-type
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• CABLES:
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• Balanced: 2.0 m (6.5') long, 8 conductor, shielded, vinyl-jacketed stereo cable with 5-pin XLRF-type connector at microphone end and two 3-pin XLRM-type connectors at output end; 
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• Unbalanced: 0.6 m (2.0') long stereo cable with 5-pin XLRF-type connector at microphone end and 3.5 mm TRS connector at output end
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• ACCESSORIES FURNISHED: AT8405a stand clamp for 5/8"-27 threaded stands; windscreen; battery; soft protective pouch
• AUDIO-TECHNICA CASE STYLE: S12