Sontronics ARIA

Sontronics ARIA valve/tube cardioid condenser microphone that has been developed and designed by Sontronics founder and designer Trevor Coley specifically for getting the best from your vocals.
The award-winning Sontronics ARIA will give you stunning, beautiful results on every recording, thanks to its silky-smooth characteristics, its accurate response and our trademark Sontronics high-frequency roll-off.
Housed inside the chromed grille is a large, 1.07-inch, edge-terminated capsule that captures all the detail and subtleties of any male or female vocal (sung or spoken) while the hand-selected European 12AX7/ECC83 tube lends a character that you'd expect to find in a classic vintage valve mic.
For that extra level of control, the accompanying SPS-2 power supply unit boasts pad (0, -10dB) and filter (linear, 75Hz) switches as well as a tube-ready LED, letting you know when the mic is warmed up and at its best to record. Inside the unit is a pro-quality, medical-grade electricity filter to ensure that the power supply is pure and interference-free.
 During the 12 months of ARIA's development, it has been beta-tested by top artists and musicians including producer/writer Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence & The Machine, Paul McCartney), singer/songwriter PJ Harvey, and also several engineers at Abbey Road Studios, all of whom now admit they can't live without their ARIAs! These and other users have all told us that ARIA's sound and quality is easily matched to mics (both modern and vintage) that cost ten times more.
 The result is a go-to microphone that's a must-have if you're serious about achieving the best results from vocals but that will also give beautiful results on piano, acoustic guitar, cello and other instruments as well as voiceover and broadcast.
 Sontronics ARIA really will take your breath away!
 

• 1.07-Inch capsule with edge contacting (cardioid characteristic)
• Development with the participation of well-known producers/technicians (including Abbey Road Studios)
• Specializing in language and singing
• European 12AX7/ECC83 tube
• Switchable 10 dB attenuation
• Switchable 75 Hz high-pass filter
• LED shows optimal operating temperature of the tube for best sound reproduction
• Frequency range: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Sensitivity: 28mV/Pa -35 dB ± 1.5 dB (0dB = 1V/Pa @ 1,000Hz)
• Impedance: 200 Ω
• Equivalent sound pressure level: 18 DB (A-weighted)
• Peak SPL: 125 dB (at 0.5% distortion factor @ 1,000Hz)
• Including: Microphone Sontronics Aria, microphone spider, wooden box, SPS-2 power supply, power cable, connecting cable, ring holder, aluminum case