Audio Technica AT8022

The Audio-Technica AT8022 is a stereo microphone that is ideal for use mounted on a video camera. Now get true stereo field recording at interviews and when recording at home. 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 Audio-Technica AT8022 Stereo 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, 12 dB/octave

• Open Circuit Sensitivity:

• Phantom: -34 dB (19.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa

• Battery: -34 dB (19.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa

• 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

• Battery: 1.5V AA/UM3

• Battery Current/Life: 0.7mA / 700 Hours Typical

• 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

• Output Connector: Integral 5-pin XLRM-type

• Cables:

• 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;

• 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

• Accessories Furnished: AT8405a stand clamp for 5/8"-27 threaded stands; windscreen; battery; soft protective pouch

• Audio-Technica Case Style: S12