ADK is a collaboration of Musicians, Producers, Sound Engineers and Design Engineers. It is the sum-total of it's community of like-minded end-users seeking to improve their craft. The Sole Mission is to build an Optimal Signal-Chain without the Ridiculous Price Tag. We're unabashedly old-school bare-wire-theory take-the-picture-right "sound-painters". Musicians Run the Place, which is what definitely gives ADK its unique character. Listen to some recent CD's Tracked on ADK and let us know what You think!!

“If you do it for the love of good tone,

everything else follows”.

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THE LATEST ADK MICROPHONES

HAND-CRAFTED WITH PRIDE

IN AMERICA

ADK has an abiding interest in pushing forward the science and technology in the pursuit of euphonic excellence. Our methodology is based on the Henry Steinway idea to marry the craft of woodworking with the theories of physicist Helmholtz -- Art and Science seamlessly integrating for a common goal!! ADK has morphed this idea into the concept of a continuous feed-back loop between Artists, Sound Engineers, and Design Engineers. Using this methodology, our Golden-Ears do all the Fine-Tuning!!! ADK Custom Shop has facilities in Belgium, America, and plans to add Canada and UK. Think of ADK-CS as Micro-Breweries. Small distillers of very flavorful analog refreshment!!

On the Signal Processing side, ADK Custom Shop offers a unique Modular Platform, both on the Pre-Amp and Compressor / Limiter sides of the signal chain. By swapping Real Analog Plug-Ins: Discrete Op-Amps and Transformers, You Customize the Performance of these magic black-boxes!!
Have British EQ on Monday, American EQ on Tuesday, and on Wednesday - go Swedish!!

On the Microphone Side, ADK-CS now offers One-Off Multi-pattern Valve Mics. Select from a "Capsule Bank" - High-End Capsules Designed in USA, Europe, or Australia. Build Your Own Valve Mic, or Own a Classic Pair of American-Built Class A FET Condensers: Hot Hamburg II-Au or Cool Vienna II-Au with Aussie-Designed Capsule, Hi-Fi Belgium-Designed PC Board with British Oxford Transformer. A PhD in Physics, A Mic Collector and a Design Genius and it still took three years to complete this project!
(Our Ears Thank You!)

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ADK Studio Series shook the world in 1998 with the first Affordable Sonic-Replica Mics. Thirty-Thousand Clients later, the ADK Studio Series tracks many Multi-Grammy® Artists. Less Hyped sound than mics in it's price range, ADK Studio Series are serious tools for you to have more fun tracking music! Patti Page to Megadeth - music tracks with ADK!!!

"Five out of Five Stars for Value". EM 1999.

ADK Audiophile Series are created for critical recording environments and fine acoustic sources.

An affordable alternative to the super-expensive European mics, the Audiophile Series ADK Microphones have many European sourced components and European Designs. When your tracks really matter, ADK Audiophile Series delivers Stellar Performance at affordable prices.

End-users of ADK Audiophile Mics are a Who’s Who of the Music World – for good reason!!

THE LATEST ADK MICROPHONES
- HAND-CRAFTED WITH PRIDE IN AMERICA

ADK has an abiding interest in pushing forward the science and technology in the pursuit of euphonic excellence. Our methodology is based on the Henry Steinway idea to marry the craft of woodworking with the theories of physicist Helmholtz -- Art and Science seamlessly integrating for a common goal!! ADK has morphed this idea into the concept of a continuous feed-back loop between Artists, Sound Engineers, and Design Engineers. Using this methodology, our Golden-Ears do all the Fine-Tuning!!! ADK Custom Shop has facilities in Belgium, America, and plans to add Canada and UK. Think of ADK-CS as Micro-Breweries. Small distillers of very flavorful analog refreshment!!

On the Signal Processing side, ADK Custom Shop offers a unique Modular Platform, both on the Pre-Amp and Compressor / Limiter sides of the signal chain. By swapping Real Analog Plug-Ins: Discrete Op-Amps and Transformers, You Customize the Performance of these magic black-boxes!!
Have British EQ on Monday, American EQ on Tuesday, and on Wednesday - go Swedish!!

On the Microphone Side, ADK-CS now offers One-Off Multi-pattern Valve Mics. Select from a "Capsule Bank" - High-End Capsules Designed in USA, Europe, or Australia. Build Your Own Valve Mic, or Own a Classic Pair of American-Built Class A FET Condensers: Hot Hamburg II-Au or Cool Vienna II-Au with Aussie-Designed Capsule, Hi-Fi Belgium-Designed PC Board with British Oxford Transformer. A PhD in Physics, A Mic Collector and a Design Genius and it still took three years to complete this project!
(Our Ears Thank You!)

Project G Series - In 1998, before the zillion Alphabet Soup Microphone companies, the Original ADK A-51 shocked the world. With so many copies of our Original A-51, we decided to re-introduce some of our previous generations of mics. Project G - derived from popular ADK models.

A Solid Value with a No-Frills "Brown-Paper-Bag" approach to packaging and marketing.

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The New S-7 Description:

The ADK S-7 has been designed as a high-SPL, reliable and robust microphone with a “linear” response. It means that when you use the S-7 you will get a life-like, detailed, transient rich sound. The dynamic range was set to allow for relatively heavy sound pressure levels, and the two-way pad enables this microphone to be used with sources up to 150 dB SPL. Keeping digital recording in mind, the noise floor is also appreciably low. The S-7 is a solid, reliable “High-SPL” Studio Microphone that can also be used “Live”.

Applications: Any moderate to high SPL source, whenever a fast, detailed recording desired: All “pop” and “Rock” vocals – with a pop filter (to protect the capsule from strong blasts of air)Brass – with a pop filter (to protect the capsule from strong blasts of air), Drum kit: Toms, Floor tom, overhead and spot mic’ing, including kick drum, Any amplified instruments – Guitar cabs, bass cabs, Any percussion instrument, Stereo/ambient recording, All stringed instrument, Solo/spot recording, Woodwinds

Specifications for:
Model S-7

Polar pattern: Cardioid
Sensitivity: 12mv/Pa
Impedance: 150Ω
S/N Ratio: 79dB (A-weighted IEC 268-4)
Equivalent Noise Level: 15dB (A-weighted IEC 268-4)
Max SPL for 0.5%THD: 132dB/ 140dB/ 150dB (0dB PAD/-8dB PAD/-18dB PAD)
Low Cut filter (HPF): FLAT/ 100Hz/ 150Hz
Power Requirements: Phantom power 48V±4V

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Model A-51 Mk 5.1

Description: Ten Years and 100,000 Happy Ears Later, this Newest Version of the World-Famous ADK A-51 Condenser sets a New Standard for Affordable Excellence. From Miss Patti Page to Megadeth, the A-51 gives stunning results for many live as well as many recorded sources!
Kathy Mattea’s band has been on tour for over 8 years with an original pair of A-51’s.

“I’ve Used the A-51 on vocals, guitars, and drums. They remind
me of very expensive German Mics I have tracked with before.”
- Adam Kaspar - REM, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Cat Power

Applications: Vocals, Choirs, Acoustic Guitar, Fretted Instruments (Banjo, Mandolin, Dobro, etc.), Reeds and Woodwinds. Patti Page recorded All the Lead Vocals for "Brand New Tennessee Waltz" with an A-51. Mandolin Division of Gibson Guitar purchased an A-51. "I was reminded of a U-67" -EQ Review said of the original A-51. New version blends curve of two vintage mics European microphones! Mellow enough for our Nashville friends, just enough shimmer for NY & LA.

Specifications for:
Model A-51 Mk 5.1

Type: Class A Pressure Gradient FET Condenser Microphone
Polar pattern: Fixed Cardioid
Sensitivity: 15mv/Pa
Impedance: 200Ω
S/N Ratio: 77dB (Ref: Pa/A-Weighted)
Equivalent Noise Level: 17dB (A-weighted IEC 268-4)
Max SPL for 0.5%THD: 130dB
Low Cut filter (HPF): FLAT/ 100Hz (internal switch)
Power Requirements: Phantom power 48V±4V

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Model S-51 Mk 5.2

Description: Higher SPL “Big Brother” to the A-51

This upgrade of the Original A-51s (Model “S”) offers Improved Reliability, Improved Head-Room - A Broad-Brushstroke Multi-Application Mic!! Ray Charles had 6 Original “Model S” on Genius Loves Company CD.
“From Nora Jones Viola parts to James Taylor Guitar parts, we were amazed at how many uses we had for the ADK “S” microphone! We had twenty-two ADK Mics on Genius CD.”
- Terry Howard - Multiple Grammy® Winner – Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Willie Nelson.

Applications: S is for SPL! Vocals, Choirs, Acoustic Guitar, Fretted Instruments (Banjo, Mandolin, Dobro, etc.), Reeds and Woodwinds. Plus: Drums – Especially Floor Toms, Drum Overheads; Electric Guitar and Bass, All Percussion Instruments, Piano. In short, the "S" will do anything the A-51 does PLUS it is Designed for HIGH SPL MULTI-Applications. Megadeth, Ambrosia – Even Westlake Audio– use the "S" Series for Floor Toms. Megadeth also used them on Floor Toms and Bass Cabinets! YET: A-51s were also used to track the Reed and Woodwind Section of the Seattle Symphony for a Disney Feature Film. Think of it this way: The Model S is SUPER-VERSATILE: A ‘Swiss-Army’ Mic!!!

Specifications for:
Model S-51 Mk 5.2

Polar pattern: Fixed Cardioid
Sensitivity: 15mv/Pa
Impedance: 200Ω
S/N Ratio: 77dB (Ref: Pa/A-Weighted)
Equivalent Noise Level: 17dB (A-weighted IEC 268-4)
Max SPL for 0.5%THD: 130dB/ 140dB w. Switchable PAD
Low Cut filter (HPF): FLAT/ 100Hz (internal switch)
Power Requirements: Phantom power 48V±4V

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Bob Rosa, Grammy®-Winning Mixer/Engineer – (Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Ednita Nazario, Paulina Rubio) wrote...

I used the ADK TC microphone to record vocals for one of my artists who I usually use a Neumann® U87 or a Telefunken® 251 on. It blew me away. I love the "proximity effect" of this microphone. I even used the supplied wind screen, which I NEVER do because they never sound any good, but when he got right on it, he just sounded amazing. The body of the sound, the presence in the midrange, the smooth top end; I couldn't believe it!

I used it along with a Gregg Hanks mic-pre, and it sounded awesome! I also tried this mic using my original Focusrite ASA110's and my vintage Neve mic pre-amps, and you could really hear the actual qualities of the pre-amps. The mic translated great in each one, with each having it's own character. To me this is the true test of an excellent microphone. I used a pair of the same mic as overheads on drums... unbelievable.

I also tried the TL's on toms. They added to the overall sound of the drums. I usually might use something like Senheisser 421's in this application, but these had a cool "body", a full sound. Acoustic guitars, vocals, percussion, electric guitars... everything shone through using these mic's. (I guess you can kinda tell I like 'em!)

The overall construction of these mic's is also outstanding, right down to the shock mounts, which are well thought-out and work they way a shock mount SHOULD work. It's amazing how many expensive microphones have really terrible shock mounts.

If this is any indication of the quality of the rest of the ADK line, you have a serious hit on your hands! I'd love to hear the other mic's in the line, especially the A-48 series.

"More bang for your buck" aside, these mic's sound great. I will be recommending them to everyone! (They'd still be reasonable at twice the price!)

-Bob Rosa

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