AKG C414B-TL II excellent condition vintage condenser microphone

This is the TL II, the premier edition of this classic large diaphragm  studio condenser microphone.  

This microphone sounds great, with the crystal clear yet warm tonality the C414B is known for, excellent on both male and female vocals as well as instruments and drum overheads.

Used in non-smoking studio environment, never live.

This C414B-TL II is in excellent condition, also included is the original AKG H-100 shockmount, W414 windscreen and original hard shell case.

Used in non-smoking church/studio environment, never used on the road.

This is the top of the line C414B studio microphone, these are no longer available from AKG and are almost impossible to find on the used market because few engineers are willing to part with theirs.

We purchase gently used studio gear from church/studio equipment liquidations, all appear almost new/or very little use, clean and ready for your studio or live performance.

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From AKG:

The C 414 B-TL II was introduced in 1993. It was designed to meet customer demands for a microphone with more "presence" to its sound than the B-ULS, so its capsule was developed with the sonic signature of the original capsules used from the 1950s to the 1970s. With this mic, AKG combined the best of classic and modern technologies: the legendary C12 transducer capsule and advanced transformerless FET circuitry. Although it looks almost the same as the C414 B-ULS, the TL II differs in two respects:

First, the transducer provides a similar sound as the popular C12. Its frequency response above 4 kHz is the same as that of the classic C12 with a slight high-frequency boost. Below 4 kHz, however, the C414 B-TL II has an absolutely flat response. The second difference is that the C414 B-TL II has a transformerless output stage for accurate reproduction down to the lowest frequencies.

This version of the C 414 is the preferred tool for miking up vocals and distant miking, e.g., of classical music. The enhanced presence of the C 414 B-TL II means that solo voices and instruments can be placed in a dense mix while still retaining their original character. Its also useful in distant-miking vocal or instrument applications where some of the sonic timbre is lost as high frequencies propagate in air.

Features

• Re-creation of C12 capsule
• Transformerless output stage
• Four polar patterns
• Slight high-frequency emphasis above 4 kHz