Aston Microphones Starlight Stereo Pair

The Starlight is a small-diaphragm, end-fire condenser microphone featuring a sintered metal head which combines extreme durability with extraordinary audio transparency.

The addition of a laser not only makes precise alignment easy, it also helps achieve consistency when re-establishing the microphone position after de-rigging.

The 20mm gold-sputtered capsule feeds into custom-designed transformerless electronics, with low noise and ultra-low distortion as priorities. Using proprietary circuitry at the input stage of the microphone amplifier rather than simple post-EQ, we have also given Starlight three different voices accessed via a switch on the microphone body.

Vintage voicing introduces some subtle low-end lift while gently rolling back the extreme highs for a classic warm, smooth sound. The ‘middle’ Modern setting adds some airy high-end lift while the third Hybrid setting delivers a nominally flat response with just a little low-end lift.

With its laser guide, sintered head and multiple voices, Starlight is the most comprehensive instrument microphone package on the market today.

Features:

• Laser-alignment sight for placement accuracy and recording recall
• Sintered metal head—unique and innovative design protects the capsule and provides excellent acoustic properties
• Gold-sputtered 20mm capsule, chosen in blind tests by a panel of 50 top producers
• PCB—market-leading electronic design
• 1.5mm solid stainless-steel, laser-cut and etched chassis
• 3-position voicing switch: Vintage, Modern and Hybrid settings
• Pad switch: -20dB/-10dB/0dB
• 3-position low-cut filter
• Stereo pair comes with full suspension kit including Rycote shock mounts, mounting bar, windscreens and microphone clips

Specifications:

• Transducer Type: Condenser
• Acoustic Operating Principle: Pressure Gradient
• Polar Pattern: Cardioid
• Frequency Response: 20Hz–20kHz (+/-10dB)
• Equivalent Noise Level: 15dB A-Weighted
• Sensitivity at 1kHz into 1kOhm: 42.1mV/Pa
• Maximum SPL for THD 0.5%: 130dB/140dB/150dB
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio (rel. 94dB SPL): 79dB A-Weighted
• Pad Switch: -20dB/-10dB/0dB
• Low-Cut Filter: 80Hz/140Hz
• Phantom Power: 48V (+/-4V) Required