Beyerdynamic True condenser microphone

Beyerdynamic's MC 930: a small-diaphragm true-condenser pencil mic, cardioid, from the Heilbronn pro line. Switchable low-cut and pre-attenuation sit on the body; power is 48 V phantom.

For project studios and location recordists who want one serious condenser covering acoustic guitar, piano, choir and drum-overhead work. Detail is the point — it hears the instrument, the room and the chair squeak with equal enthusiasm, which untreated rooms should weigh honestly.

If stereo work is in the plan, the factory-matched MC 930 stereo set images better than two singles bought apart.