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AKG PERCEPTION 420
1 Precaution/Unpacking
1.1 Precaution
Please make sure that the piece of equipment
your microphone will be connected to fulfills
the safety regulations in force in your country
and is fitted with a ground lead.
1.2 Unpacking
Check that the packaging contains all of the items
listed below:
• Microphone
• Spider suspension
• Carrying case
• Mini poster
Should any item be missing, please contact your
AKG dealer.
2 Description
2.1 Introduction
Thank you for purchasing an AKG product. This
Manual contains important instructions for setting
up and operating your equipment. Please take a
few minutes to
read the instructions below care-
fully before operating the equipment
and keep
the Manual for future reference. Have fun and
impress your audience!
The PERCEPTION 420 is a heavy-duty, rugged true
condenser microphone built to the same strict qual-
ity standards as all other AKG products.
Designed on the basis of AKG’s decades of know-
how and feedback from sound engineers around
the world using AKG studio microphones every day,
this general-purpose 1-inch dual large-diaphragm
microphone brings AKG studio quality to the worlds
of recording, live sound, and broadcasting.
2.2 Features
•
Selectable polar patterns:
The microphone’s
transducer uses a dual diaphragm. This sophis-
ticated technology allows you to select the opti-
mum polar pattern (cardioid, omnidirectional, or
figure eight) for every application.
•
Gold-sputtered diaphragm:
The diaphragm is
made of a plastic foil that is gold-sputtered on
one side only to prevent shorting to the back
electrode even at extremely high sound pres-
sure levels.
•
All-metal body:
The all-metal body adds to the
rejection of RF interference so you can use the
microphone near transmitter stations and along
with wireless microphones or other communi-
cations equipment. The extremely rugged,
heavy body and sturdy front grill protect the
microphone from damage from tough handling
on stage.
•
High
headroom,
minimum
distortion:
Capable of handling sound pressure levels up
to 155 dB without introducing perceptible dis-
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