AKG Acoustics 120 - Manuel (Page 3)

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1 Precaution/Unpacking
1.1 Precaution
Please make sure that the piece of equipment
your microphone will be connected to fulfills
the safety regulations in force in your country
and is fitted with a ground lead.
1.2 Unpacking
Check that the packaging contains all of the items
listed for your microphone. Should any item be
missing, please contact your AKG dealer.
PERCEPTION 120: • Microphone
• Stand adapter
• Mini poster
PERCEPTION 220: • Microphone
• Spider suspension
• Carrying case
• Mini poster
2 Description
2.1 Introduction
Thank you for purchasing an AKG product. This
Manual contains important instructions for setting
up and operating your equipment. Please take a
few minutes to read the instructions below care-
fully before operating the equipment and keep
the Manual for future reference. Have fun and
impress your audience!
The PERCEPTION 120 and PERCEPTION 220 are
heavy-duty, rugged condenser microphones built to
the same strict quality standards as all other AKG
products.
The PERCEPTION 120 uses a 2/3-inch back electret
diaphragm, while the PERCEPTION 220 is a true
condenser microphone with a 1-inch large dia-
phragm.
Designed on the basis of AKG’s decades of know-
how and feedback from sound engineers around
the world using AKG studio microphones every day,
these general-purpose microphones bring AKG stu-
dio quality to the worlds of recording, live sound,
and broadcasting.
2.2 Features
The PERCEPTION 120 and 220 share the following
features:
• Cardioid polar pattern: The microphone is
most sensitive to sounds arriving from in front
of it while picking up much less of sounds arriv-
ing from the sides or rear (from monitor speak-
ers or neighboring instruments). This makes
the microphone equally suited for recording
and onstage use.
• Gold-sputtered diaphragm: The diaphragm is
made of a plastic foil that is gold-sputtered on
one side only to prevent shorting to the back
electrode even at extremely high sound pres-
sure levels.
• All-metal body: The all-metal body adds to the
rejection of RF interference so you can use the
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AKG PERCEPTION 120/220