Austrian Audio OD5

The Austrian Audio OD5:

• Dynamic microphone with active amplifier circuitry
  
• Ideally suited for instruments such as drums, guitar amplifiers or wind instruments
  
• Little signal loss even with long cable runs thanks to active design
  
• Sound from the rear can also pass through to the capsule (open acoustics technology)
  
• Therefore precise and coloration-free cardioid characteristic
  
• Lateral and rear bleeding is reproduced without coloration
  
• 220° rotatable microphone holder with proprietary "Swivel-Joint" mechanism
  
• No more annoying alignment problems with microphone stands
  
• With switchable low-cut (80Hz & 120Hz) and -10dB pad
  
• Developed and manufactured in Vienna
  

Additional technical data:

• Self-noise: 21dB SPL (A)
  
• Max. sound pressure: 151dB SPL (>160dB SPL with pad)
  
• HP filter: 80Hz (2nd order), 120Hz (2nd order)
  
• Switchable pre-attenuation: -10dB
  
• Impedance: 275Ω (balanced)
  
• Load resistance: > 1kΩ
  

Scope of delivery:

• 1x OD5 microphone
  1x OCH8 microphone clamp
  1x MSC2 transport case

The "D" in the name

As is typical for Austrian Audio, the "D" in the type designation of the OD5 already indicates its dynamic capsule design. What it conceals, however, is the sophisticated active amplifier circuitry, which provides for higher output and thus better conductor properties during signal transmission. In addition, the active-dynamic design allows for the integration of an active high-pass filter, which can achieve a greater slope than passive filters.

What does the "Swivel-Joint" mechanism do?

Sound engineers and musicians know the problem of microphone stands that are screwed on too tightly and can hardly be reached in the forest of stands. Once you finally get them loose, they lose their position completely - and that's just because you wanted to change the microphone angle by a few degrees. To make positioning the OD5 easier, the microphone suspension allows 220° rotation. This allows the microphone to be precisely aligned to the sound source or according to personal sound preferences without having to awkwardly adjust or loosen the microphone stand. Various annoyances such as microphones falling over or fingers jammed on the microphone stand are now a thing of the past.

Why is the OD5 open at the back?

Thanks to the "Open Acoustics" technology, sound from the rear can also pass through to the capsule, thus achieving an extremely precise cardioid characteristic. This "linear cardioid" means that sound coming in not only from the front, but also from the rear or side sounds good and undistorted. As a result, even the sometimes unavoidable crosstalk from other instruments sounds good.