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ASTON SPIRIT High Performance Switchable Pattern Condenser Mic
ASTON SPIRIT High Performance Switchable Pattern Condenser Mic
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THE SPIRIT
The Spirit represents one of the biggest engineering advancements in the microphone industry in decades. Nominated for the prestigious NAMM TEC Award in 2017 and universally acclaimed as one of the best mics on the market today at any price, it achieves a level of technical excellence and performance never before seen at this price point.
The Aston Spirit is a high-performance, switchable pattern, large diaphragm condenser microphone utilising a 1” gold evaporated capsule. A switch on the mic body selects from Omni, Cardioid or Figure-of-Eight polar patterns. It is versatile enough to use with most instruments and excels on acoustic guitar and vocals. Its Aston 33 panel selected capsule is teamed with high-end transformer balanced circuitry using only the best components.
The Spirit is designed to deliver a beautifully open sound with sparkling harmonics. This highly accurate microphone gives a stunningly natural and transparent recording, capturing all the detail in the high range but without adding the harshness that some condenser microphones seem to.
The Aston Sound
Right from the start of ‘project Aston’, Aston engaged with some of the top audio professionals in the industry to create a development panel to be their ears, while they focused on perfecting every tiny detail in their mics, to finally produce what they believe to be the very best products in their class.
Wave-Form Spring Head
The Aston Spirit has our signature wave-form spring head. This unique design not only looks great, but delivers an unprecedented degree of protection for the heart of your microphone, the capsule. The shock resistant wave-form design allows the head of the mic to distort if given a heavy knock, and then return to its normal position, without any damage. It also offers a degree of off-axis rejection, helping to eliminate unwanted artefacts from your recordings
Built In Pop Filter
Aston’s vocal condenser microphones have an exclusive mesh-knit pop filter built into the wave-form head. The random weave allows sound to pass while drastically eliminating unwanted plosives at source. It also shields against multiple wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation making our microphones ideal in critically sensitive electronic applications. This completely encapsulating, single piece, mesh cage is formed in stainless steel, so won’t rust with use, and can even be removed and washed.
Direct to stand mounting
Yet another unique design element of the Aston Spirit is the use of custom moulded end caps with integrated XLR and universal stand thread adaptor. Because the internal shock absorption system is so good, you can mount the microphone directly to a stand via this built in thread and interchangeable thread adapter with outstandingly low handling noise. The design also makes Aston microphones extremely easy to repair and maintain.
Chassis
Part of the beauty of our microphones is the custom finish of each chassis. There are no mass-produced paint job finishes here… instead, each chassis is individually tumbled for up to 4 hours to give it a very hard-wearing, extremely beautiful, finish. To perfect the look, each microphone is separately engraved with its legends, and Aston's brand mantra… ‘The Art of Audio’
PCB
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A superbly balanced mix of discrete and integrated electronic circuitry
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Harmonised circuit stage arrangement for easy integration from phantom power input circuitry to the capsule voltage bias
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Novel non-linear voltage/current source rectification to provide controlled amplification and smooth/ clear audio output
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PRODUCT REVIEWS
MMORPG Aston Spirit review
“The Spirit offers the best out-of-the-box sound I’ve heard on a condenser microphone, even beating old favorites like the Audio-Technica AT4040.”
say Chris Coke, reviewer for gaming giants MMORPG.
Gearslutz - Spirit Review
Arthur Stone gets to grips with our flagship mic and the Aston Halo reflection filter, in a review which caters not only for industry pros, but for those looking to begin their audio journey, with a variety of tests and audio samples.
