Today's recording systems and recording media are getting better and better with higher sample rates and increased bit rates that provide extended frequency response, lower noise and greater dynamic range. The question is, are your microphones capable of picking up sounds with increased bandwidth, lower distortion and with far greater detail? Most microphones available today only have high frequency responses reaching between 15kHz to 20kHz and are also not fully capable of supplying the increased detail and dynamic range.

In contrast, David Blackmer the inventor and engineering genius of the Earthworks(R) and dbx(R) core technologies foresaw our time. He realized that dramatic improvements in microphone design technologies were needed to replace some of the existing outdated ones. So, he invented a number of new technologies to dramatically increase the audible quality of microphones. Earthworks(R) High Definition Microphones(tm) are not made like any other microphone on the market because they employ Blackmer's new advanced microphone technologies. The audible improvements are startling! Let's look at some requirements needed to create advanced, higher quality microphones:

Requirements of a High Definition Microphone(tm)

• Better Impulse Response
  to accurately pick up signals with fast transients and rise times
  

• Shorter Diaphragm Settling Time
  to pick up subtle low-level sounds and transients
  

• Extended Frequency Response
  to capture overtones of musical instruments that extend to beyond 100kHz
  

• Minimum Signal Path
  because fewer electronics provide a more pure and unaltered signal
  

• High SPL Handling at Low Distortion
  for very low distortion up to and beyond 140dB SPL to pick up high level transients from close miked or amplified instruments
  

• Improved Polar Patterns
  Polar response of most conventional microphones is poor over their operating frequency range. This causes beaming or spotlighting in addition to deteriorating frequency response with phasing problems on the edges of the pattern. This results in phase cancellations and/or coloration in close multi-miking and contributes to acoustic feedback. Improved polar response dramatically reduces these problems.
  

Earthworks(R) offers a full line of High Definition Microphones(tm) with extended high frequency responses to 25kHz and beyond. Those who have heard Earthworks(R) High Definition Microphones(tm) are astounded with what they hear. Typical comments are: "I hear details that I don't hear with other mics!", "This is the best guitar sound, ever!", "This drum sound blows me away.", Unbelievable detail!", "This is the best piano sound that ever came out of this studio!", "You'll have to pry these mics from my cold, dead hands!" and many more.

Don't take our word for it, hear it for yourself! Click Here and request your free High Definition Microphone(tm) Demo CD." Just listen for yourself and you too will be astounded!

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