RK-47C Microphone Capsule
$ 99.00
This capsule is not currently available. You can easily find counterfeit "RK-47" capsules (sold by people who do not understand that that is our trademarked product name, and who also do not understand how to test capsules) on other websites, but we could caution you against buying them because those capsules will fail any reasonable QC testing.
We are transitioning our production to a new machine shop, after which these capsules will become available again.
The RK-47C is a true 34mm, single-backplate large-diaphragm condenser capsule. It is based on Neumann's K47.
The backplate is solid brass, machined to high precision tolerances. The diaphragms are ultra-thin, 3-micron Mylar. The front diaphragm is metallized with gold.
The "C" suffix in the product name indicates that this is a Cardioid-only capsule. Therefore this capsule should not be used in a multipattern microphone.
The RK-47C includes our "supersaddle," two M1.6 metric machine screws to attach the capsule to the saddle, a backplate termination wire, and the short screw needed to connect the wire. The front diaphragm wire is already installed on the capsule. No mounting post is included with this capsule.
The installation procedure for the RK-47C is the essentially same as for the RK-47; see those here.
The RK-47C is not compatible with the Rode NT1/NT1A/NT2/NT2A, due to the extremely high polarization voltage employed by some of the NT family of mics (presumably done in an effort to game the signal-to-noise ratio); the RK-47 is compatible the NT1, as it can tolerate higher polarization voltage.
