Since Sontronics first released their ground-breaking APOLLO phantom-powered stereo ribbon microphone a decade ago, it became a must-have for studio owners, venues, composers and sound stages all round the world, from Glyndebourne Opera House to the Malibu studio of composer Trevor Morris, from Paul Epworth’s Church to Abbey Road Studios (where their pair of APOLLOs is used almost daily on their Steinway grand piano) and over the orchestra or choir for most of the Hollywood soundtracks recorded in Studio One.
Following years of development with Sontronics' other microphones, and their exciting experiments with higher and higher quality components (resulting in their multi-award-winning, beautifully crafted ARIA and MERCURY valve microphones), Sontronics decided to apply and incorporate these same improvements to their ribbon microphones. And so APOLLO 2 has landed (along with SIGMA 2 and DELTA 2) to take your recordings to an astoundingly-high level.
Like the original, the APOLLO 2 boasts two highly-sensitive ribbon elements set in an X-Y Blumlein configuration, ideal for all stereo miking applications.
APOLLO 2’s uniquely-designed, laser-welded cylindrical grille enables the microphone to capture a truly-stunning and superbly-accurate, three-dimensional image. This means APOLLO 2 is perfect not only for orchestral, choral and piano recordings, but also for capturing the ambience and character of your entire recording space.
APOLLO 2 also works amazingly well as an overhead microphone for drums and percussion or smaller instrument and vocal ensembles, giving natural, expansive results with perfect detail and clarity in the high frequencies and a balanced depth and fullness to the mids and lows.
If required, either of the two ribbon elements can be used in isolation, enabling APOLLO 2 to behave as a mono microphone.
Features
- Phantom-powered stereo ribbon microphone
- Made in the UK
- Two ribbon motors fixed in X-Y Blumlein formation
- Incredibly open, natural sound
- Ideal for studio or live use
- Polar pattern: Figure-of-eight (x2)
- Power: Phantom power 48V required
- Comes with: stereo to two XLR connector cable, shockmount, aluminium flightcase