AKG C417 PP Professional lavalier microphone with standard XLR connector
General Specifications
clip-on microphone with an omnidirectional polar
pattern. With its wide frequency range extending
from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, low distortion at high sound
pressure levels, small size, and useful accessories, the C 417III is an ideal choice for use in any sit –
uation requiring an inconspicuous microphone
and maximum mobility for the user.
The microphone is available in two different colors
and will almost disappear when blended in with an
actor’s or singer’s makeup.
An external windscreen supplied with the microphone reduces wind noise when using the microphone on an open-air stage.
The company was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1947 by two Viennese: physicist Dr. Rudolf Görike and engineer Ernst Pless.[3]
Originally, its main business was to provide technical equipment for cinemas: loudspeakers, film projectors and light meters.[4] The business slowly expanded and AKG started selling car horns, door intercoms, carbon microphone capsules for telephones, headsets and cushion speakers. The first AKG microphone was used by radio stations, theaters, jazz clubs and cabarets.
About this time, the company developed its first patents, the moving coil technology and the principle of mass load membranes, allowing its products to have extended frequency ranges.[5]
With the creation of the D12 microphone in 1953, AKG achieved international fame, setting the standard for voice transmissions. Being the world’s first dynamic cardioid microphone, it possessed excellent sonic qualities for that time, making its way into radio stations and recording studios from across the world.[6][7] The product was improved through subsequent upgrades, spanning the famous C414 and C12 microphones.
End of the 70es and in the 80s Magnetic cartridges were produced, in 1982 for example the P 25