Microphones
Among its professional products especially noteworthy is the first C 12 (introduced in 1953) and its successors and alternate versions, which include the Telefunken Ela M 250 and M 251 (1960), the C 24 stereo microphone, the C 412, and over a dozen different models which have carried the designation "C 414" in various forms.
AKG microphones have been used for shooting Hans Hass's movie Adventures in the Red Sea and were installed on the MIR space station. They are also mentioned by Dan Brown in his novels The Da Vinci Code and Deception Point.
Some microphone models include:
- D12E
- D130 - an omnidirectional microphone often used by reporters
- D190
- D202 - a dual capsule dynamic microphone used at the despatch boxes of the UK parliament
- D220
- D330 - a high-end dynamic vocal microphone used by ABBA.
- D112 - a large diaphragm dynamic microphone, popular for bass drums and other bass instruments
- C12 - a valve condenser microphone - the original version is now a collectors' item selling for around $10,000
- C214 - a large diaphragm condenser with single Cardioid pickup pattern
- C414 - a large diaphragm condenser with multiple variable pickup patterns
- C451 - a small diaphragm condenser microphone, originally made between the 1960s and 1980s, recently reissued
- C535 - a high-quality condenser vocal microphone. AKG made a gold-plated one for Frank Sinatra.
- D409
- D5
- C1000
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