AKG Acoustics 220, 120 manual Description

! 11.1Precaution/UnpackingPrecaution

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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