Audio-Technica AT8022 X/Y Stereo Microphone

Ideal for video camera-mount use, stereo field recording, interviews and home recording, Audio-Technica’s versatile AT8022 stereo condenser offers a compact housing and the pristine sound quality of a live sound field. Its coincident capsule configuration produces an X/Y stereo image in a small housing. The microphone is supplied with two cables for use with either pro or consumer gear. It offers switchable low-frequency roll-off and the convenience of battery or phantom power. The microphone is fully RoHS-compliant – free from all substances specified in the EU directive on the reduction of hazardous substances (RoHS).

Main Features:

• Innovative capsule configuration produces accurate stereo image in smaller housing
  
  
• Compact, lightweight design is perfect for video camera-mount use as well as for stereo field recording, interviews and home recording
  
  
• Ideal for use with handheld digital recording devices
  
  
• Operates on battery or phantom power—for use with pro or consumer equipment
  
  
• Switchable low-frequency roll-off
  
  
• Includes two cables: one balanced (two 3-pin XLRM-type connectors at output); one unbalanced (3.5 mm TRS at output)
  
  
• RoHS-compliant – free from all substances specified in the EU directive on the reduction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
  
  

Specifications

• ELEMENT: Fixed-charge back plate permanently polarized condenser
  
• POLAR PATTERN: X/Y Stereo
  
• FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 20-15,000 Hz
  
• LOW FREQUENCY ROLL-OFF: 80 Hz, 12 dB/octave
  
• OPEN CIRCUIT SENSITIVITY: Phantom: –38 dB (12.5 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
  
  Battery: –38 dB (12.5 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
  
• CHANNEL BALANCE: <2.5 dB
  
• IMPEDANCE: Phantom: 250 ohms
  
  Battery: 300 ohms
  
• MAXIMUM INPUT SOUND LEVEL: Phantom: 128 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.
  
  Battery: 120 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.
  
• DYNAMIC RANGE (TYPICAL): Phantom: 109 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
  
  Battery: 101 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
  
• SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO: 75 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
  
• PHANTOM POWER REQUIREMENTS: 11-52V DC, 2 mA typical (each channel)
  
• BATTERY TYPE: 1.5V AA/UM3
  
• BATTERY CURRENT / LIFE: 0.7 mA / 700 hours typical
  (alkaline)
  
• SWITCH: Battery On/Off; Flat, roll-off
  
• WEIGHT: 247 g (8.7 oz)
  
• DIMENSIONS: 186.0 mm (7.32") long,
  
  47.6 mm (1.87") head diameter
  
  21.0 mm (0.83") maximum body diameter
  
• OUTPUT CONNECTOR: Integral 5-pin XLRM-type
  
• CABLES : Balanced: 2.0 m (6.5') long, 8 conductor, shielded, vinyl-jacketed stereo cable with 5-pin XLRF-type connector at microphone end and two 3-pin XLRM-type connectors at output end;
  
  Unbalanced: 0.6 m (2.0') long stereo cable with 5-pin XLRF-type connector at microphone end and 3.5 mm TRS connector at output end
  
• ACCESSORIES FURNISHED: AT8405a stand clamp for 5/8"-27 threaded stands; windscreen; battery; soft protective pouch
  
• AUDIO-TECHNICA CASE STYLE: S12