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2006 NAMM Winter Show: Blue Microphones seems to be doing its best to make mundane things interesting, with the introduction of Ralph – the Wonder Mount, a new shock mount designed for many popular recording microphones.
Ralph was designed to be an effective and inexpensive alternative or replacement shock mount for any mic with a diameter [...]

Blue Microphones is now shipping the Snowball USB Microphone. Designed for desktop recording applications such as podcasting, the Snowball mic’s universal driver and plug & play USB compatibility make recording into your laptop or DAW easy.
The mic’s dual-capsule design and three-position switch dial make it flexible to use for many applications.
The Snowball retails for $155 [...]

NAMM 2005 Show: Blue Microphones announces the first USB microphone designed for professional recording applications. Dubbed the Snowball, the mic is an extension of Blue’s popular line of spherical mics that includes the original Ball, the world’s first phantom-powered dynamic; the 8-Ball condenser mic; and the newly shipping Kickball, Blue’s new big bass dynamic.
Designed for [...]

Lectrosonics introduced the IS400 Digital Hybrid Wireless Instrument System at the 2005 Winter NAMM Show.
The Lectrosonics IS400, designed for use with both electric and acoustic instruments in demanding live performance environments, uses a proprietary digital algorithm to encode the audio signal into an analog format for transmission along an FM wireless carrier. The IS400’s receiver [...]

Behringer introduced the C-2 matched condenser microphones at the recent NAMM expo.
Features:

Low mass diaphragm for ultra wide frequency response and ultimate sound reproduction
Perfect for acoustic instruments, overhead, piano, etc
Cardioid pickup pattern for effective feedback elimination
Switchable low-frequency roll-off and -10 dB input attenuation
Custom microphone stand adapters, windscreens, stereo-bar and transport case included
Ultra low noise transformerless FET [...]

Red’s Type B is an affordable Class A discrete solid state mic exclusively designed for Red by Blue Microphones as a foundation for interchangeable capsules. Included with the Type B microphone body is the Red Lollipop Capsule, an all-around capsule designed to be as versatile as possible, with applications ranging from vocals to electric and [...]

2005 NAMM Winter Show: The newest addition to the equitek Series, the CAD e300 is a multi-pattern (Cardioid, Omni, Figure externally biased Servo-Condenser microphone that offers fast transient response, precision and presence for tracking situations and live reinforcement settings.
Distinguished by its transparent, open upper end and midrange and a smooth low end, the e300 [...]

NAMM 2005: Ampeg introduced the SVTMP Microphone Preamplifier, a tube-driven mic preamp/direct box for studio and live stage applications. The 12AX7 and 12AU7 tubes provide classic Ampeg tube coloration to enhance the tone of a solid-state device.
The SVTMP also features 1 x 12AX7 and 1 x 12AU7 tubes; combination input jack (1/4″ and XLR); input [...]