Aston Microphones Stealth Broadcast Quality Cardioid Condenser Studio/Live Microphone

The Aston Stealth is a broadcast quality, microphone for studio and stage. With 4 switchable voices delivering incredible performance in almost any situation, a Class A built in mic preamp with autodetect 48V Phantom power and featuring a unique Sorbothane internal shock mount system and Aston’s legendary build quality, we reckon Stealth is one of the world’s most versatile microphone.

• Transducer Type; Moving coil
• Directional Polar Pattern; Cardioid
• Frequency Response; 20Hz – 20kHz (+/-3dB)
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Four Settings, Four Different Voices

Think of Stealth as four professional microphones in one. There are 2 vocal settings, optimised for different vocal tones, a guitar setting which is equally suited to Spanish guitar, Electric guitar cab and steel string acoustic, and a dark, vintage setting, reminiscent of classic ribbon mics.

The Stealth provides a choice of four pure, high quality signal paths. The voice settings are not EQ filters, they are contour networks, meaning the bulk of the signal does not pass through any sort of filter circuitry. The whole signal is slightly attenuated, with some frequencies being added back in at a higher level. This results in much lower phase distortion than conventional filter designs.

Active & Passive Modes with 48V Autodetect Function

Stealth works with or without 48V phantom power. In passive mode (unpowered) the active circuit is completely bypassed and Stealth operates with the simplest possible signal chain to give a beautifully clean sound.

A unique built-in Autodetect function senses the presence of 48V phantom power and will automatically switch the mic to active mode to utilize the onboard class A mic preamp.

Built-in Class A Mic Preamp

When in active mode Stealth features a high quality built-in Class A Mic Pre, dispensing with the need for an expensive external gain lifting device.

Stealth features a fully balanced signal path from capsule to output, yielding a superior reduction of ‘Common Mode’ noise compared with single-ended (unbalanced) designs.

Unique Sorbothane Internal Shock Mount

Aston Stealth includes a proprietary internal shock mount design with the capsule suspended in mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and supported at 3 points by Sorbothane polymer hemi-spheres.

Sorbothane is a synthetic viscoelastic urethane polymer used as a vibration damper and acoustic shield used in computing, hi-fi and many industrial applications.