Aston Stealth Dynamic Microphone with Built-in Preamp
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Summary
- 4 settings – 4 different voices – 4 discrete signal paths
- Autodetect function senses 48V and activates built in preamp
- Broadcast quality cardioid microphone for studio and stage
- Class A mic preamp built in - no external gain lifting device required
- Works with and without 48V phantom power
Aston Stealth Dynamic Microphone with Built-in Preamp Description
Aston Stealth Dynamic Microphone with Built-in Preamp
The Aston Stealth is a cardioid, end-fire microphone for use on stage or in the studio, from VO, to gaming, live sound to serious high-end recording.
Main Features
- Broadcast quality cardioid microphone for studio and stage
- 4 settings - 4 different voices - 4 discrete signal paths
- Works with and without 48V phantom power
- Autodetect function senses 48V and activates built in preamp
- Class A mic preamp built in - no external gain lifting device required
- Unique Sorbothane internal shock mount
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With some of the biggest advances in mic technology in
decades, conceived and designed from the ground-up, Stealth is
the world's most versatile microphone. Boasting settings for
four separate voices, each one rigourously tested to deliver
unparalleled performance across a wide range of applications,
Stealth also introduces a host of innovative technological features
offering significant improvements over traditional mic designs.
Four Settings, Four Different
Voices
Think of Stealth as four professional
microphones in one. Each setting has been voiced by a panel of more
than 90 top flight audio engineers and producers on the Aston 33
panel through a series of double-blind listening tests, beating
not only every mic in its class, but some far more expensive
'industry standard' mics.
There are 2 vocal settings, optimised for different vocal textures,
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.
Mics which apply 'flattering' - but destructive -
pre EQ make professional post-processing almost impossible.
Stealth, however, 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 (world's first!) built-in Autodetect function
senses the presence of 48V phantom power and will automatically
switch the mic to active mode to utilise the onboard class A mic
Pre.
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 mass loaded capsule being suspended in
mid-air, completely isolated from the mic chassis, and
supported at 3 points by Sorboathane 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.
Improved Side
Rejection
Stealth's acoustically tuned
headstock provides a highly focused cardioid polar pattern with
enhanced off-axis rejection.
Excellent Rejection Of Electromagnetic
Hum
Stealth's capsule is completely enclosed
in a stainless steel Faraday cage.
Legendary Aston Build
Quality
Like all Aston microphones, Stealth is
built for work. Proprietary manufacturing techniques and the use of
novel materials have created a near-indestructible microphone,
equally at home in the most demanding of recording environments, or
with the rigours of life on the road.
The chassis is constructed from extruded aluminium and finished
with a sleek, 'soft-feel' urethane-acrylic
coating.
The four voices are accessed via a discreet, flush-aligned
rotary switch which cannot be accidentally moved during performance
or in transit.
Stealth
Mode
Stealth's phantom power mode is indicated
by the soft glow of Aston purple LED floodlights. These can be
switched off when the mic is to be heard but not seen, for example
in broadcast and video environments.
The Aston 33 – The
Blind-Testing Process
The Aston 33 (so named
after the original members) is now a panel of more than 120 top
producers, engineers and artists who work with Aston on new product
development to ensure every mic is best in class before it is
released to the market, 92 of whom worked directly on the
development of Stealth.
They perform double-blind listening tests on a range of
possible versions of each new mic, plus 'industry
standard' models from key manufacturers and vote on
performance on a variety of sources (vocals, guitars and so on). In
tests the panel do not know which mics they are listening to, or
even which are included in the tests, so the resultant votes
can't be biased by brand reputation, or an expectation of how
a certain microphone should sound.
Some surprising results arose from the Stealth project testing. For
example the prototype Stealth voicing that consistently came top in
the voting for female vocal takes came off worst for male vocals
and vice versa, regardless of the pitch of the singer! Furthermore
a different voicing came top for ALL guitar sources, from finger
picked acoustic through to mic'd distorted guitar cabs.
These discoveries, derived from more than 9000 data points, were
the catalyst for the Aston team to set about reimagining the
microphone from the ground up. Stealth is not a jack of all trades,
it truly excels at capturing professional quality audio in almost
every situation, and masters them all.
Aston Stealth
Specifications
Transducer Type: Moving coil
Directional Polar Pattern: Cardioid
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz
Equivalent Noise Level: 10dB
Sensitivity (passive mode) at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm: ave. 1mV/Pa
Sensitivity (active mode) at 1 kHz into 1 kOhm: ave. 150mV/Pa
Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%: 140dB
Sensitivity varies across the 4 voices
Details
OPC | PYPSXP |
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Brand | Aston |
Codes | 5060458750709 (EAN) |
MPN | AST- STEALTH |
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A thoroughly outstanding microphone.
I needed a good vocals microphone for my all analogue 16 track studio project. I chose the Aston Stealth because I was impressed by other reviews and it saved the cost of a preamp. I chose Onbuyand Absolute Music Solutions Ltd because they offered the most competitive price. It arrived well packed the next day. My phantom power supply had not arrived, so my initial test was plugging it into an unbalanced mic input on a Revox B77. Without phantom power it isn't the most sensitive mic, but rejects handling noise well and seems a little more directional than the average cardioid. Pop rejeection is only fair, but I would be using a pop filter anyway for vocals. The published curves suggest that the frequency response competes with condenser microphones, with a gentle roll-off below 50Hz. It certainly handles instrument sources well. Then the MXL phantom power supply arrived ... WOW! The output rises close to line level - 40 dB gain. The four settings are interesting: V1 (aimed at male vocals) worked well with my (male) voice, V2 (female vocals) made me sound crisper, G sounded more like the mic without phantom power but 40 dB louder, and then there was D (dark). The published curves for the four voices don't look that different, but the sound certainly is! The bass seems fuller, emulating a proximity effect. The treble sounds as if it's rolled off above about 6 KHz (but apparently it isn't). It really does sound like my old Reslo but with a little more low bass. I really like the mic and the voice options it has. I think that it if I could have only mic this would be the one.