SAMAR Audio Design - VL373A Active Stereo Ribbon Microphone

SAMAR Audio Design - VL373A Active Stereo Ribbon Microphone

Active stereo ribbon microphone featuring high SPL handling, built in pop filter and symmetrical polar response perfect for demanding producers, musicians and engineersQuality Construction

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Like the VL37A, the motor structure and tuning of the VL373A are based on Samar's flagship MF65; all the microphones in the range use the same components. The stainless steel VL373A is entirely handcrafted and meticulously assembled using parts made exclusively in-house in Samar's US shop.

Special Ribbon Design

Each of the two durable 2" zigzag-corrugated, low-mass ribbons boasts a symmetrical figure-8 polar pattern and a fine-tuning adjustment to ensure consistency from unit to unit. The proprietary corrugation process maintains the ribbon's integrity without special handling and the integral pop filter reduces vocal plosives and blasts of air from speaker cabinets. The VL373A utilises a sophisticated motor with an extremely short front-to-back path.

Adjustable Stereo Spread

Another special feature of the VL373A is its swivel mechanism, which allows the user to change the angle of stereo spread. The angle can be changed from 60 to 120 degrees, thus facilitating a wide range of setups from big classical orchestras (where the last rows of instruments usually get cancelled in Blumlein configuration) and full choirs to smaller ensembles, drum overheads, and single instruments, recorded in stereo.

High-End Performance

The VL373A combines premium sonics with low noise, low distortion, high output, and high SPL handling. Plus, it has amorphous-core toroidal transformers made in-house. The mic exhibits ruler-flat frequency response down to 20 Hz (-0.43 dB) with extended highs to 25 kHz and beyond, an uncommon feat for a ribbon microphone.

Phantom-Powered Active Design

The active VL373A is designed for extremely low noise and opens up a new territory of applications, notably classical music, broadcasting, movie, and studio recordings. Because of a condenser-like output level, and due to the optimised load on the ribbon and perfect impedance integration, the active version VL373A puts much less stress on the preamplifier and cable choices, making it a perfect and very affordable solution for projects and professional studios. 

Featuring:

• one of the kind highly innovative design incorporating the positioning of motors as physically close to each other as possible for very low phase distortions and ‘true to life’ stereo image
• unique swivel mechanism to allow to adjust stereo spread
• extremely low noise (active VL373A has 4-5dB lower noise than already very quiet VL373)
• balanced ruler flat frequency response down to 20Hz (-0.43dB) and unprecedented top end beyond 25kHz
• low noise, low distortion, made in-house amorphous core toroidal transformers
• sophisticated motor with shortest front-to-back path ever seen in ribbon microphones
• low-mass ribbon with a unique fine tuning adjustment to assure for consistency from unit to unit
• proprietary corrugation process to maintain ribbon’s integrity without special handling
• Handcrafted in the USA
• Includes an anti-vibration shockproof clip and a US-made wooden box

Current lead time on this model is 14 days. 

STL Pro Audio is extremely proud to be the exclusive NZ distributor for SAMAR Audio Design.