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Blue Microphones Baby Bottle Condenser MicrophoneThe Blue Baby Bottle is a unique, affordable, discrete Class A condenser microphone featuring a gold-sputtered capsule with a cardioid pattern.
The Baby Bottle is ideal for recording vocals, percussion, or any acoustic instruments.
Each and every part of this solid-state, class A discrete condenser has been hand selected to insure nothing short of a stellar performance. In the tradition of our award-winning microphones, the Baby Bottle employs the styling, attention to detail, and hand-crafted quality for which BLUE has become famous. The Baby Bottle includes a wood storage box and a custom shock mount and pop filter. The Baby requires 48V phantom power to operate.
It's finally time for you to hear what all the Blue buzz is about. Please read one of the reviews below.
Capture the Heart of What's in Your Head...
With BLUE Microphones
BLUE microphones are more than just a recording tool... they are an investment in value, quality, and expression. You will display them for their artistic beauty, covet and protect them for their investment value, and treasure them for conveying the heart and soul of any musical recording.
BLUE stands for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics — and for the ultimate in quality! Our work speaks for itself. You'll find BLUE microphones are beyond compare as a valuable investment and unsurpassed as a musical production tool. BLUE has its own facility located in Latvia (one of the Baltic states, located outside Russia). At BLUE, we are not interested in cost-effective mass production, which could jeopardize the design quality of our tube and solid state microphones and related products. We design and manufacture all capsules — the heart of the microphone — as well as precision parts, from the smallest screw to the large body shells used for our Bottle microphones. We've researched the needs of engineers and musicians alike, to create an exceptional collection of microphones. What makes BLUE microphones so unique, and so valuable? Our unique formula. The mylar film of our BLUE hand-built capsules are sputtered with a special, unique-to-BLUE formula of 24-carat gold of absolute pure (99.99%) quality and aluminum. This special film is tensioned to our own hand-built brass backplates, designed and manufactured in our Riga factory. Our formula allows us to achieve the fastest transient response without the sacrifice of low-end frequencies. BLUE considers the capsule to be the heart of the microphone. This most important element is manufactured solely by us and not sourced from another company. This process is crucial to achieving the unique sound quality that is the trademark of a BLUE microphone.
BLUE builds and tunes each capsule by hand. The finished capsules are measured in our anechoic chamber for the optimum performance. Each microphone capsule is mounted with our molded, injected rubber stem, to isolate unwanted rumble.
No integrated circuits. Our solid state and tube microphone amplifiers are based on a Class A, fully discrete circuit, employing a custom microphone transformer built and wound to BLUE specifications. This enables our hand-built microphone capsules to be fully realized in their performance. When our mics are used with BLUE's high-definition mic cables, the sound has extreme presence... as if someone is singing right next to your ear. Strict electronic and construction tolerances. Insured by the use of high-end quality components, these tolerances guarantee unsurpassed reliability and low noise. All our microphones handle loud sound pressure levels (SPL) and still capture the crucial dynamics that make recordings stand out. Our extensive research. We studied the frequency curves from scores of vintage, tube, and solid state microphones, from which we determined the most desirable sound qualities. The sonic design of our microphones was created by what we term TPO, or The Popular Opinion... the consensus of expert engineers and discriminating musicians on the type of sound that is needed in the recording process today.
Blue Baby Bottle Microphone Specifications
- Acoustic Operating Principle: Pressure Gradient
- Directional Pattern: Cardioid
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz
- Sensitivity @ 1 kHz into 1 kOhm: 33.5 mV/Pa
- Rated Impedance: 50 Ohms
- Rated Load Impedance: Not less than 1 kOhm
- S/N Ratio CCIR468-3: 76 dB
- S/N Ratio DIN/IEC 651: 87 dB-A
- Noise Level DIN/IEC 651: 5.5 dB-A
- Maximum SPL (0.5% THD) into 2.5 kOhm: 133dB
- Dynamic Range (2.5 kOhm): 128dB
- Supply Voltage (IEC 268-15): 48V Phantom (35V minimum)
- Dimensions: 8.75 x 1.75 inches
- Weight: 350g
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 4 people rated this item  | Jake from savannah, GA | | sawdust4556@yahoo.com | | Overall Ranking: | | Features:
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| This mic seems fragile, i would not drop it, just treat it like any studio gear. It is beautiful to look at and seems to have a little something extra most mics dont have. The pop filter and shock mount are also truely amazing. The overall look is inspiration for me in the studio. | | Features:
| The frequency response is great for my vocals. i use it when i need a little character added id describe it as a beautiful dark tone. No pad but for my use i dont need it. i have no problem with plosives so far but if i do ill just use my hpf on my focusrite voicemaster pro. | | Ease of Use:
| It took a few days to find exactly the sound i wanted and in the end it was no eq and a little tube emulation. I guess this mics freq. response captures the usual frequencies i eq to. | | Sound:
| Its makes a very natural recreation of my voice a little. A little more full which i will never complain about. | | Do you own this product?:
| yes | | Date submitted:
| may 9 2009 | |
| | CHAZ from NEW JERSEY | | Overall Ranking: | | Features:
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| | | Subject: | GOOD GOLLY, SOUNDS LIKE A NEUMANN U 47 | | Quality:
| SUPERB- SUPER SOLID AND FAIRLY HEAVY FOR A MIC OF THIS SIZE. BUILT LIKE A BRICK HOUSE, WOODEN CASE IS ALSO A WORK OF ART | | Features:
| NICE, SIMPLE DESIGN, NO SWITCHES AND BELLS/ SET HER UP, TURN THE PHANTOM ON AND HAVE TONS OF RECORDING FUN | | Ease of Use:
| SUPER EASY TO USE, GREAT USER'S MANUAL. A MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS RECORDING MIC LOCKER | | Sound:
| EXCELLENT ON MALE LEAD AND BACKING VOCALS, HUGE, WARM PRESENCE ON LOW AND MIDS WITH A NICE HIGH END SPARKLE CLOSE TO A VINTAGE U 47. ALSO GREAT ON FEMALE VOCALS AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS | | Do you own this product?:
| YES | | Date submitted:
| 01/28/09 | |
| | Didier Mejia from Los Angeles CA, USA | | dontthinktwice@sbcglobal.net | | Overall Ranking: | | Features:
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| Pretty solidly built. | | Features:
| The natural worm sounds that comes out from it is really worth something | | Ease of Use:
| Just plug and play, no need to alter any EQ | | Sound:
| Amazing for it's price range. | | Value:
| Considering the dirt cheep price, this mic is second to none | | Do you own this product?:
| Yes | | Date submitted:
| oct. 3 2009 |
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