The M 300 is designed for studio applications in radio, television broadcasting and films for live performance and recording of instruments, vocals and speech and sound reinforcement in the professional and semiprofessional market also under adverse acoustic conditions, e.g. in churches.

A new low-noise integrated hybrid circuit and the transformer-less circuit design guarantee an extremely wide dynamic range by a low equivalent loudness level and a high reliability in operation. RFI susceptibility is very low.

The microphone is powered by a 3-pin XLR connector with the C 70 microphone cable. The power supply is provided by 48 V phantom powering, which is internationally standardized as P 48 in DIN 45596 and IEC 268-15. A two-channel powering is possible with the N 200 power supply.

The finish of the miniature microphone is dark bronze.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Pattern: Cardioid
• Response: 40Hz - 18kHz
• Sensitivity: 12mV/Pa
• Self Noise: 16dB A-weighted
• Signal to noise: 78dB A-weighted
• Maximum SPL: 147dB A-weighted
• Dynamic Range: 131dB
• Power Requirement: 48V phantom

From: Mike McCain
To: Fletcher@mercenary.com
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 4:25 PM
Subject: Gefell M300 Feedback

Christmas Eve I recorded a Choir with an installed electronic organ, not sure of model nor brand. I've tried several different mics and placement with this group before but this time I went back to about a 10ft spread A/B pair of Gefell M300. Placement has been a real pain in this location due to short available distance in front of a 25ft high loft. The organ speaker cab covers about 1/3 of wall behind choir and is entirely to close to choir and mics to get good recording quality. This was my first try with the M300 in this location and the first quick listen through revealed a good choir sound. The reason for the note and description though is the organ sound. It was great. I was not expecting the lows to be so strong from the bass pedals. A quick look with Timeworks Equalizer plug-in using Sonar II in spectrum mode revealed the low pedals to be just as strong level wise as the rest of the spectrum all the way as low as analyzer showed at 20hz. BIG surprise also, have you ever ripped a headset off on location when the first low pedal is played?? I could not stay in headset nor get to trim fast enough for that pedal, could painfully feel every cycle of the note.

I've never had a quality pair of SDC mics before to try nor have I ever been able to AB these to other similar mics but these are just what I needed to try first. I've used medium diaph. cond here before (AT 4033SE) also some SM 57's (my first semi standard mics), NOTHING I've had yet comes even close to the Gefell M300. I realize there may better in your shop but I'm well pleased with these in this application. Probably not a typical sale for you guys here but if you've never evaluated the M300 on bass notes like that organ try it sometimes. Throw one up for an extra channel and give it a listen. It may not be your first call for organ but its a good mic to try. I'd like to try it on an old Hammond/Leslie combo but I've not seen that played in my area lately.

I'm not nearly as seasoned as you guys are but I thought I'd pass along my comments. BTW thanks again for the E-Mail answers to my questions.

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