JZ MICROPHONES Vintage Series Vintage 12 Condenser Microphone Owner’s Manual

JZ MICROPHONES Vintage Series Vintage 12 Condenser Microphone

Safety Precautions

Detailed safety precautions:

Please read all safety precautions and operating instructions before attempting to operate the unit. Keep all safety precautions and operating instructions for future reference.

Water and moisture:

Condenser microphones are extremely moisture-sensitive. Never use your microphone in close proximity to water (e.g. bath tubs, wash basins, sinks, washing machines, pools, etc.).

Damage:

Take care not to drop your microphone as this can lead to severe damage. JZ Microphones assumes no liability for any damage caused by the user!

Service and care:

• After each use, remove the microphone from its mount and wipe the microphone down with a soft cloth and place it back into its protective casing (included with the microphone).
• Never open the microphone as it will void warranty!
• Refer all servicing to qualified and manufacturer’s appointed personnel. Servicing is required when the microphone is damaged in any way, such as liquid has been spilled or objects have been fallen into the microphone, the microphone has been exposed to rain or moisture, microphone does not operate normally or has been dropped. Never remove grille covers in order to service microphone capsule. The capsule system does not contain any user serviceable parts.

Usage:

Only use attachments or accessories specified by the manufacturer. Check if packing contains all of the items listed. If any of these items are missing, contact your nearestJZ Microphones dealer or JZ Microphones directly.
Always turn down the levels (means no sound) of the microphone pre-amp or console while connecting or disconnecting the microphone to avoid possible damage to your speakers or headphones.

Vintage series microphones set up

1. Take the microphone out of the box.

2. Remove the shipping crew from the back (V67, 47, V12) / top (V11) of your Vintage series microphone. To unscrew the shipping screw, use appropriate screw driver. When it is done you can mount the microphone on the microphone stand.

3. V67 / V47 / V12 : To position the microphone release the swivel mount by turning the fixing ring counterclockwise, to fix the microphone position, turn the fixing ring clockwise.
   If you can’t release the fixing ring, hold the swivel mount and gently turn the microphone counterclockwise.

4. V11: To position the microphone take the external shockmount and connect both screws with the microphone.

Vintage 67, 47, 12 series packing includes:

1. 1 x V67 / V47 / V12 microphone
2.  x Warranty sheet

Vintage 11 series packing includes:

1. 1 x V11 microphone
2. 1 x Elastic shockmount
3. 1 x Warranty sheet

All Vintage series microphones operate on 48 volt phantom power.

Installation

• Before using Vintage series microphone very carefully remove the shipping screw located at the back of your Vintage microphone other- wise it will not function properly.

• There is removable adapter in microphone’s swivel mount which lets you mount it on mic stands with either metric (Europe) or imperial- gauge threads
  (North America). Make sure that your microphone is standing safe on the shock­mount

• The angle of the microphone to the sound source influences the sound of your recording; therefore, experiment with different positions until you achieve the desired sound.

• As all our microphones are extremely high quality, we recommend to use a highest quality balanced XLR microphone cables in connection with highest quality microphone preamps to grant cleanest signal path from the sound source to your recording equipment.

Vintage series microphone models

The Vintage series includes 4 microphone models with different capsule designs which gives you 4 unique sounds.

V47 (limited series)

• Large diaphragm condenser microphone GDC47 capsule
• Class A discrete electronics
• Fixed cardioid polar pattern
• 5 year warranty

V67

• Large diaphragm condenser microphone GDC67 capsule
• Class A discrete electronics
• Fixed cardioid polar pattern
• 5 year warranty

V12

• Large diaphragm condenser microphone GDC12 capsule
• Class A discrete electronics
• Fixed cardioid polar pattern
• 5 year warranty

V11

• Large diaphragm condenser microphone GDC11 capsule
• Class A discrete electronics
• Fixed cardioid polar pattern
• Included shock mounted holder
• 5 year warranty

The Golden Drop Capsule (GDC)

• The soul of each and every Vintage Series microphone is the unique Golden Drop Capsule (GDC) technology, created by JZ Microphones’ founder and lead designer Juris Zarins.
• Using this innovative technology, the capsule’s diaphragm is lighter; therefore, it moves and gets to its default position faster than the same capsule’s diaphragm without
• Golden Drop technology. It gives more clarity, precision, fewer colorations and distortions in frequency response.
• This method of capsule-making has been unique to JZ Microphones and since the beginning and will remain a closely guarded secret.
• GDC technology also allows you to create a matched pair using any two of the Vintage Series microphones that have already been crafted or will be produced in future.

Electronics

• All JZ Microphones products use Class A discrete electronics, where all components are tested and measured for a maximum performance and grants to the audio signal cleanest path and extremely low self-noise properties before any recording gear. All components are hand soldered by our engineers to avoid overheating of selected parts.
• While soldering the components, either it is done by unexperienced engineer or bad programmed machine, overheating can ruin specifications of very carefully selected electronic part.
• Vintage series microphones are tube-less at this point, therefore electronic circuit is designed to work perfectly without tube as modern electronics is developed to manage the signal path without it.
• Vintage series microphones are transformer-less, therefore electronics are designed to have maximum performance with minimum noise without the transformer.
• Vintage series microphones share basically the same electronic parts. Every Vintage series microphone use component selection with tolerance 1.5 % in differences between them (only 35% of 1000 parts can pass 1.5% tolerance test)
• Electronic circuit design and component selection for every JZ Microphones product is done according to the capsule properties and its special needs to grant the best possible performance and extremely low self-noise before any gear in the recording chain.

Technical Specifications

V67,V47,V12

• Transducer Type electrostatic
• Operating principle pressure gradient
• Polar Patterns Cardioid
• Diaphragm’s active diameter 25 mm
• Frequency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz
• Sensitivity 22 mV/Pa at lkHz
• Output Impedance 50 Q
• Rated Load Impedance 1000 Q
• Maximum SPL 134 dB SPL {2.5kO, 0.5% THO}
• S/N Ratio 87 Db-A
• Noise Level 6 Db-A
• Dynamic Range 128Db {@2.5kO)
• Power Requirement +48V DC Phantom Power
• Weight 590 g
• Dimensions 185mm x 71mm x 30mm
• Current consumption 2 mA
• Output connector 3-pin XLR male

V11

• Transducer Type electrostatic
• Operating principle pressure gradient
• Polar Patterns Cardioid
• Diaphragm’s active diameter 27 mm
• Frequency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz
• Sensitivity 22 mV/Pa at lkHz
• Output Impedance 50 Q
• Rated Load Impedance 1000 Q
• Maximum SPL 134 dB SPL {2.5kO, 0.5% THO}
• S/N Ratio 87.5 Db-A
• Noise Level 6.5 Db-A
• Dynamic Range 128Db {@2.5kO)
• Power Requirement +48V DC Phantom Power
• Weight 590 g
• Dimensions 185mm x 71mm x 30mm
• Current consumption < 2 mA
• Output connector 3-pin XLR male

Frequency response graphs

V67

V11

V47

V12

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