Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CONDENSER
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1356.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Akai Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- ACM-100
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Akai
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Tokyo
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1970'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PICK-UP AUDIO INFORMATION AND CONVERT IT TO AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR RECORDING PURPOSES - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF HIGH-END AUDIOPHILE MIKE FOR SOUND RECORDING PURPOSES. IT IS A UNIDIRECTIONAL MIKE WITH RELATIVELY FLAT RESPONSE - REQUIRES BUILT-IN PREAMP AND BATTERY POWER. COMPARES WELL WITH EARLY CONDENSER MIKES OF ENORMOUS SIZE AND WEIGHT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED NEAR BASE: 'ACM-100 ELECTRET/ CONDENSER MICROPHONE'/ BAND NEAR TOP: 'AKAI'/.2 &.3 NO MARKINGS/ BOX:PRINTED ON LID: 'AKAI/ ELECTRET CONDENSER MICROPHONE/ ACM-100'
- Missing
- POSSIBLY MICROPHONE HOLDER AND STAND BASE
- Finish
- ORIGINAL BOX: BLACK/.1 LIGHT BROWN MIKE WITH BLACK CORD;.2 RED AND BLACK;.3 BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Akai Electric Co. Ltd., Microphone, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1995.1356, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.1356.001/
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