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SOUND GRABBER II
he Crown® Sound Grabber II is an Tupdated version of the original Sound
Grabber. It utilizes the same Pressure Zone Microphone® technology in which sound waves reinforce themselves in the area nearest a flat surface, usually referred to as the boundary.
Top recording engineers all over the world are using professional versions of the Crown PZM® (Pressure Zone Microphone) to improve the quality of their recordings. The Sound Grabber II is one version of that technology, designed to meet the needs of the home or business recordist and bring the benefits of PZM technology within the reach of many more people.
Because of this new technology, Sound Grabber II offers you the opportunity for vast improvement in the quality of your recordings. The Sound Grabber II will pick up sounds at distances you never thought possible and
it will pick them up with a clarity that other microphones, because of the limitations of their construction, simply cannot match.
The Sound Grabber II does not need to follow the action, since it has a wide-angle pickup pattern. So long as the mic “sees” the sound, in whatever direction or angle, it will pick it up clearly; it does not need to be between you and the other person. Speakers or vocalists can move freely around the Sound Grabber II without their tone quality changing.
For your greatest enjoyment of the Sound Grabber II, we urge you to read these instructions thoroughly so you can be familiar with this new technology.
Installing the Battery
The Sound Grabber II is powered with an alkaline 1.5 volt AAA battery. One is furnished with the microphone, but it must be inserted into the microphone.
Your battery will supply the needed power for the microphone for at least six weeks and possibly much longer.
To install the battery open the cover (see Fig. 1) and insert the AAA battery. Please orient the battery as shown.
PRESSURE ZONE MICROPHONE
Features
•PZM design makes the sound clearer and more natural
•Ideal for recording conferences, interviews, home videos
•AAA battery powered
•Medium-impedance unbalanced output
•1/4” phone, 3.5mm phone, or 2.5 mm phone connector
Specifications
Transducer: Electret condenser
Frequency response (typical): 50 Hz to 16 kHz (see Fig. 2).
Polar pattern: Hemispherical (half-omni) on a large surface.
Impedance: 1,600 ohms, unbalanced. Recommended minimum load impedance 10,000 ohms.
Open-circuit Sensitivity: 20 mV/Pa* (-54 dBV/Pa). Power sensitivity: –42 dBm.
Equivalent noise level (self noise): 21 dB SPL typical,
A-weighted (0 dB = .0002 dyne/cm2).
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S/N ratio: 73 dB at 94 dB SPL.
Maximum SPL: 120 dB SPL produces 3% distortion.
Cable: 10 foot with mini phone plug, 1/4” phone plug and micro phone plug adapters.
Power: One 1.5V AAA alkaline battery.
Battery life: Approximately 45 days.
Current drain: 0.5 mA.
Materials: High-impact plastic housing.
Finish: Satin black.
Dimensions: See Fig. 3.
Weight: 4 ounces (115 grams).
Included accessories: 1.5V AAA battery, 1/4” phone plug adaptor, 3.5 mm to 2.5 mm adaptor.
3.129” (7.9 cm)
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