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The AVANTONE "Buttercream (B-series)" mics from Avantone Pro are our premium products designed to offer true professional performance. They will meet or surpass the performance and specifications of much higher priced mics. The AVANTONE BV-12 is truly a gorgeous looking and sounding microphone. The design, character and performance is comparable to some of the fine vintage tube mics of the 1950's and 1960's...but at a fraction of their cost!
The rugged BV-12 microphone body and capsule assembly are precision machined of BRASS.
Aesthetically, it features an elegant Buttercream baked on finish, accented with polished nickel trim and grill.
The transformer coupled tube circuitry has its origins in famous European vintage designs.
Manufactured using the finest materials yielding a very solid feel, superb structural integrity and rugged reliability.
Any studio can proudly offer the BV-12 as a primary vocal mic...It exudes class visually as well as sonically.
The versatile AVANTONE BV-12 mic is able to produce professional results with a warm, pleasing sonic character
The included Custom Retro Shockmount is superb in allowing a precise positioning of the mic while inhibiting the unwanted vibrations up into the mic. This isolation allows for superior professional results.
9-Pattern Tube microphone with dual 34mm gold sputtered thin Mylar capsule assemblies.
Military grade -10dB pad and 80Hz roll off switches.
"Hand Selected" Russian made 6072A tube.
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The AVANTONE "Buttercream (B-series)" mics from Avantone Pro are our premium products designed to offer true professional performance. They will meet or surpass the performance and specifications of much higher priced mics. The AVANTONE BV-12 is truly a gorgeous looking and sounding microphone. The design, character and performance is comparable to some of the fine vintage tube mics of the 1950's and 1960's...but at a fraction of their cost!
The rugged BV-12 microphone body and capsule assembly are precision machined of BRASS.
Aesthetically, it features an elegant Buttercream baked on finish, accented with polished nickel trim and grill.
The transformer coupled tube circuitry has its origins in famous European vintage designs.
Manufactured using the finest materials yielding a very solid feel, superb structural integrity and rugged reliability.
Any studio can proudly offer the BV-12 as a primary vocal mic...It exudes class visually as well as sonically.
The versatile AVANTONE BV-12 mic is able to produce professional results with a warm, pleasing sonic characterThe included Custom Retro Shockmount is superb in allowing a precise positioning of the mic while inhibiting the unwanted vibrations up into the mic. This isolation allows for superior professional results.
9-Pattern Tube microphone with dual 34mm gold sputtered thin Mylar capsule assemblies.
Military grade -10dB pad and 80Hz roll off switches.
"Hand Selected" Russian made 6072A tube.Uses include: Studio vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, drum overheads, piano, room mic, etc...
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- Manufactured using the finest materials yielding a very solid feel, superb structural integrity and rugged reliability.
- The versatile BV-12 mic is able to produce professional results with a warm, pleasing sonic character.
- The included Custom Retro Shockmount is superb in allowing a precise positioning of the mic while inhibiting the transfer of unwanted vibrations up into the mic. This isolation allows for superior professional results.
- The PS-1 power supply offers access not only to the above OMNI, CARDIOID, and FIGURE-8 patterns but also 6 "in-between" settings. Most vocals will be best suited to Cardioid pattern but you may experiment to satisfy yourself. The omni-mode works well in some rooms for ambient room mic usage.
- -10 dB pad & 80 Hz LF roll off switches.
STANDARD ITEMS SUPPLIED
- AVANTONE BV-12 Tube Microphone
- AVANTONE Custom Retro Shockmount
- AVANTONE PS-1 Multi-Pattern Power Supply
- Mogami GoldStudio Pro 15' XLR Cable
- Elegant padded genuine wooden Mic box
- Handcrafted wood side, tweed travel case
- Owner's Manual
All our stock is sourced from official UK suppliers. We do not sell grey imports. This means that you are fully covered by the manufacturers warranties.
It isn't working!
The first thing to do is contact us and let us know. You’ll need to give us as much information as you can on the fault, when it happened and what you've tried to get it working. We’ll do our best to confirm the fault either over the phone or via email and check that nothing's being missed. If it looks like a genuine fault, we’ll give you an authorisation. Number and you can send it back to us.
Once it's back with us, we’ll test it fully to confirm the fault. If it was a new purchase and within 30 days of you buying it, except in rare cases, we will swap it out. Outside of that time, the process will vary depending on the manufacturer and their warranty. We’ll do our best to keep you in the loop as to what to expect and when so you can plan around it.
I just don't like it!
We've all bought something that wasn't quite right. If you're buying something and you’re not 100% sure, we offer a no quibble return within 14 days. All we ask is that you return it to us in the condition that you received it in. If items are returned incomplete or with damaged packaging we might have to charge a restocking fee.
Software
Software products are all covered by the licensing conditions of the software manufacturer. This means that once the seal has been broken or a download redeemed, we cannot return the item. If you are having problems with it running on your system, we’re here to help and check that you’ve not missed anything but it is normally up to the manufacturer to support you.
Special Orders and Custom Products.
Items that have either been special ordered for you or are custom builds are not eligible for return unless we have made a mistake with the specification.
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