Snare Microphone Kit - SDC84 High SPL Edition

This kit his a high-SPL modification of our very popular SDC-84. Both are modern recreations of the famous Neumann KM84. When we initially created the SDC-84 kit, we omitted the hard-wired 10dB pad found in every KM84i imported by Neumann's US distributor during the mic's production in the 1960s. Due to that circuit change and a few component upgrades, the standard SDC-84 has much higher output and superior signal-to-noise ratio as compared to the vintage model. It is an amazing mic on quiet to moderately loud sources. But it will overload under very high SPL, such as when mounted within a few inches of a snare drum. The "Snare microphone" kit incorporates these changes to the SDC-84: the mic's input circuit is padded the mic's output transformer has a higher turns ratio the JFET is selected and biased for extremely low distortion We bundle the Snare Mic with our Hypercardioid capsule, which reduces high-hat bleed (see demo video below). The non-DIY option If you are not interested