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C214 - Cardioid Condenser

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C214 - Cardioid Condenser
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AKG's industry-leading C 414 microphones are already a permanent fixture in the world's biggest recording studios and a highly respected work horse for independent artists, broadcasting, and on-stage miking as well.

The new C 214 is designed as a cost-effective alternative to the high-end, industry-leading C 414 family. It captures sound combining one side of the legendary C 414 dual-capsule system and AKGs patented Back-Plate Technology which results in an outstanding performance close to the famous C 414 B-XLS.



AKGs Legendary 1 Edge-Terminated Large Diaphragm Sound
Outstanding Dynamic Range (up to 156 dB SPL, Ultra-Low Noise)
Roadworthy Design
Integrated Suspension to reduce mechanical Noise
Switchable 20 dB Attenuation Pad and Low Cut Switch
Rugged double mesh Grill for high RF immunity but unaffected Acoustics
All-metal Die-cast body with shock- and scratch-resistant Finish
Spider-type Shock Mount included
Metal Carrying Case included
Designed, Engineered and Built in Vienna, Austria

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Perfect voice over mic 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Calgary East, Alberta
Nice clean, flat sound. Rock solid for VO. I have two.
Posted by Jon Ramer on May 24, 2021
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OVER ALL MIC 0 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Surrey, British Columbia
IT SIMPLY SOUNDS GREAT!!!
Posted by Joshua on Jan 25, 2019
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C-214 Flavour 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Nanaimo, British Columbia
A great mic IMO and any producer,artist,engineer can get good results from this mic! Now Ill just say, this mic is a mic that sounds really good on some stuff, and some voices or sources wont suit this mic! Not to say it'll sound bad, but certain sources will take alot if post production to sound good in the mix! Now why did I buy this and what would I reccomend this for? Majority of Male rap Vox will sound good on this mic, and this is a killer mic for drum overheads and room mics! Now, this mic will sound good on other things too, and can be a workhorse in alot of ways, but I reccomend it for those things! I have gotten good results on guitar and bass cabs, but there are other mics I would pick over this! Basically mics are flavours and eq tools, and the C214 flavour is nice on Male Rap vox and Drum OH's and Drum Rooms!
Posted by James Cassidy on Jul 9, 2017
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AKG c214 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
This is best mic I have had the pleasure to use ....gets a great sound on anything...from drum overheads to voice
Posted by anonymous on Apr 2, 2015
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AKG C214 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Langley, British Columbia
this is the best mic I have ever used for voice and drum overheads
Posted by anonymous on Feb 28, 2015
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Great Mic, Really Shines on. 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton South, Alberta
Compliments the low mids of a voice quite well with out too much of a roll off. Amazing shine in the mid highs with a slight boost giving an airy character. I love this mic.
Posted by Sean on Jul 25, 2014
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C214 is Smooth 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Burlington, Ontario
I own a few AKG mics now. This mic is very affordable and provides a professional large sound. It does tend to smooth out the vocalist voice which works really great in certain instances. In comparison to a C414B XLII & C414 XLS its somewhere right inbetween both models. Try it with a monster p500 xlr cable and it sounds just right! Thats my take. RLM.
Posted by RLM on Jul 30, 2010
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AKG C214 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Waterloo, Ontario
So this was the year I started to discover the wonderful world of recording and engineering. There is alot to learn and alot of money to be spent. So learning isn't a problem and money well as a musician in Canada there's not alot of that floating around! So i started researching vocal microphones. My vocalist kept going on about the AKG C414 - which is legendary! So i started researching and pricing the units. Then i stumbled across the AKG C214. Basically the same diaphram for the mic as the 414 without a polar pattern and it's not double sided. So after some consideration I said why not buy it! I've had the mic now for 6 months and it is very transparent. My vocalist has been extremely pleased with the vocals we have been able to produce straight into the board. It's incredibly sensitive to the most minute positioning of your mouth and the colour of your voice! In my opinion you can not go wrong by owning one of these mics! It has been a pleasant and affordable mic! And hey its made in the same factory as the 414 so that should say something about itself! Trevor
Posted by Trevor on Sep 17, 2009
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