Vintage King Marketplace Special Access
Your Resource for Exclusive
Pricing on the Best in Pro Audio
You are logged in and shopping with special discount pricing
0% Financing Up To 48 Months* On Qualifying Purchases With Your Vintage King Credit Card *24, 36 or 48 equal monthly payments required. Promo fee of 2% of amount financed will be included in required monthly payments.
0% Financing Up To 48 Months* On Qualifying
Purchases With Your Vintage King Credit Card
*24, 36 or 48 equal monthly payments required. Promo fee of 2% of
amount financed will be included in required monthly payments.

AKG C24 Stereo Mic #531 (Vintage)

Classic large diaphragm stereo microphone

Product No Longer Available

Need help finding a different option? We can help.

* Required Fields

Product Description

Nylon ring CK12 capsules. Original cables and swivel mount with XY / MS selector. Original AKG N24S PSU/pattern selector box, with a pair of XLR outputs.

 

History

In 1976, Sheffield Lab and their founder Doug Sax, (of Mastering Lab fame), made a retro-revolutionary recording of Harry James and his Big Band, using a single AKG C-24 stereo tube microphone. The resulting audiophile LP, "The King James Version", was a throwback to the days when a performer had to cut their music ‘live’, directly to a wax cylinder. It was only one of many releases by Sheffield Lab, but it was one of the most unusual.

Setting up the band in a chapel down the road from the lab, the Sheffield team recorded the big band ‘direct to disc’. The signal went from the AKG C-24 stereo mic, through a small mixer, then straight through 600 feet of cable to a cutting lathe in the lab, to make a vinyl pressing master. Nothing else got in the way of the signal path. The results were nothing less than amazing.

Using such a large ensemble to make a truly live record was a daring experiment, a testimony to the faith that Sheffield had in the performers. Using the AKG C-24 stereo microphone to capture the sound was not daring at all, but it was a testament to the faith that Sheffield had in the abilities of this legendary microphone.

More Information

Condition Used / Vintage
Package Contents PSU (original), PSU connection cable, Pattern-selector unit, Mic PSU output XLR cable, Mic-PSU cable, Mic swivel mount (original)
Tube or Solid State Tube
Tube Type 6072
Capsule Type Newer Nylon Ring
Transducer Type Condenser
Polar Pattern Variable-Pattern
Number of Microphones Single Microphone
Phantom Required N/A

Reviews

No one has written a review yet. Be the first!

* Required Fields

Share Your Opinion

The best gear advice always comes from those who use it the most. That's where you come in! Let the pro audio world hear your voice with a review of the AKG C24 Stereo Mic #531 (Vintage) . Once you submit your review, please check your email and verify your address to have it posted.

How do you rate this product?
loader
Loading...
loader
Loading...