~1975 Electro-Voice EV 666 Microphone

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A great vintage mic that will find multiple uses in your studio.

I sent this mic off to a friend who records and produces for himself and others. He collects vintage mics and outboard gear, and he also owns a pair of these 666s, so he was able to compare this mic to his own and reported that it worked and sounded just as it should.

Shipped as shown with the original clip and a mic cable adaptor.

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Electro-Voice 666 Microphone 1960s

From "Vintage Microphone World" Website:

Electro-Voice: the 666, a microphone intended for broadcast purposes; used on presenters desks for reports and interviews, or on a fish-pole as a remote mic with a wider recording angle than shotgun types. The colour is 'TV gray' , especially for those functions. It was first produced in the middle of the Fifties and is one of the first end-addressed types. In those days most models still supported a side-addressed design, where the capsule was mounted in a side of the microphone. The new 'uni-axial' design was a lot more elegant and less bulky, compared to its predecessors. These days almost all mics are uni-axial.

Electro-Voice used another new technique as well: the 'variable D principle'; two small openings at the back enabled high frequencies to reach the back of the element, but with a 20 dB dampening, making it almost immune to sounds from sides and back. Another hole on top, for mid-tones, completed the system. This design, which is still used by EV, lead to a superior background noise rejection and elimination of the proximity effect, which usually over enhances low tones when the microphone is close to the recording source.

These two novelties made the 666 enormously effictive and immensly popular. In the White House, several American presidents used them for press conferences, and recording studios found many uses for them as well.

Today many vintage mic lovers use them too, for bass-drum and electric guitar mostly, but it is a versatile contender for recording many other instruments as well. Like with many popular models, prices are easily soaring to an amount one would pay for a good modern dynamic, still they sell really well.