AKG Acoustics 120, 220 L

1 Precaution/Unpacking

1.1Precaution

Pleasemake sure that the piece of equipment

your microphone will be connected to fulfills

the safety regulations in forcein your countr y

andis fitted with a ground lead.

1.2Unpacking

Checkthat the packaging contains all of the items

listed for your microphone. Should any item be

missing,please contact your AKG dealer.

PERCEPTION120: •Microphone

•Stand adapter

•Mini poster

PERCEPTION220: •Microphone

•Spider suspension

•Carrying case

•Mini poster

2 Description

2.1Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an AKG product. This

Manual contains important instructions for setting

up and operating your equipment. Please take a

fewminutes to read the instructions below care-

fully before operating the equipment and keep

the Manual for future reference. Have fun and

impressyour 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

PERCEPTION120

usesa 2/3-inch back electret

diaphragm, while the

PERCEPTION 220

is a true

condenser microphone with a 1-inch large dia-

phragm.

Designedon the basis of AKG’s decades of know-

how and feedback from sound engineers around

theworld using AKG studiomicrophones every day,

thesegeneral-purpose microphones bring AKG stu-

dio quality to the worlds of recording, live sound,

andbroadcasting.

2.2Features

The

PERCEPTION 120

and 220 share the following

features:

•Cardioid polar pattern: The microphone is

mostsensitive to sounds arriving from in front

ofit while picking up much less of sounds arriv-

ingfrom the sides or rear (from monitor speak-

ers or neighboring instruments). This makes

the microphone equally suited for recording

andonstage use.

•Gold-sputtereddiaphragm: The diaphragm is

madeof a plastic foil that is gold-sputtered on

one side only to prevent shorting to the back

electrode even at extremely high sound pres-

surelevels.

•All-metalbody: The all-metal body adds to the

rejectionof RF interference so you can use the

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AKGPERCEPTION 120

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