AKG C4000B - Pros & Cons

very flexible and convenient mic for
accurate and very punchy
frequency response remained generally smooth and controlled
the design boasts several nice features
sensitivity
accuracy and ability to capture high frequency detail

babies are very scary and will definitely rock the house down
but is was a bit clumsy
No alternate production lines here
quite as good as a C414ULS
foam material used behind the wire grille is pretty dense
vastly inferior relations of true capacitor mics
the capsule will eventually become insensitive and its output more noisy
the global recession in the early '90s impacted badly on AKG and in 1993

AKG - Video Reviews (5)

Neumann TLM103 vs AKG C4000B (male vocal)

AKG c4000b Condenser Microphone Test / Review (before studio was built)

AKG C4000B - Full Specifications

Microphone type	Stage/performance microphone
Direction type	Cardioid
Total harmonic distortion (THD)	0.5 %

Colour of product	Grey,Silver

Input impedance	200.0 Ω
Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR)	86.0 dB
Sensitivity	-32.0 dB
Frequency range	20 - 20000

Weight	15.87 oz

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AKG C4000B AKG - Editorial Reviews (1)

soundonsound.com

Published: 01.04.1999

AKG C4000B

Multi‑pattern microphones traditionally have true capacitor capsules and are correspondingly relatively expensive — until now. We test AKG's affordable new C4000B, the first dual‑diaphragm, multi‑pattern mic with an electret capsule.