the t.bone EM 9600

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Condenser Shotgun Microphone

  • Ideal for video, voice, overhead and choir recording
  • Polar pattern: Super-cardioid
  • Frequency range: 60 - 18,000 Hz
  • +48 V phantom power or 1.5 V battery
  • Aluminium housing
  • XLR jack
  • Dimensions: 22 x 320 mm
  • Weight: 130 g

Accessories included:

  • 6 m cable
  • Windshield
  • Microclamp with hot shoe adapter and 5/8" thread
  • Thread adapter to 3/8"
Available since January 2000
Item number 141186
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Battery Powered Yes
Directional Microphone Yes
Stereo Pair No
switchable lowcut No
switchable pad No
characteristic cardoid
Polar Pattern Cardioid
Accessories Shoe Mount, Cable, Windshield
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An acceptable entry level mic
TeamM 05.02.2020
I purchased this microphone several years ago and still pull it out now and again for quick jobs where I'm not too bothered about the self noise the microphone produces.

It's a rather light mic as it's housing is made from aluminium which is great if you're attaching it to a cheap stand or mounting it on a camera (and don't want too much weight). For such a light microphone I always thought it would be easy to break but it's been dropped or has fallen with a stand a few times and still works without any noticeable difference. I personally usually a lot of my microphones for foley work. I usually grab this at times where there's potential for the mic to get damaged.

You can provide phantom power through batteries. This is great if you wanted to capture audio on something like a DSLR using a XLR to 3.5mm jack cable. I have two of these microphones. One of them I lent to a friend who used it for this exact purpose. He left the batteries he used within the microphone. By the time I had it back (probably about a week), everything inside the casing was covered in rust and the batteries themselves were leaking. I'm not sure if it was the batteries or the microphone at fault. Either way, the mic itself still works when providing phantom power through an XLR cable but I haven't tested either of them with batteries since.

If you're just getting into using mics and want this to record voice, certain types of instruments (I specifically thinking of a guitar from experience) or something like foley then this mic might not be bad to have.
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You get what you pay for
l392685 09.07.2018
For the price you pay for this mic, you simply can't expect too much. It is built quite well. You get a box and a cable for it.
Sound: it is OK, but quite noisy. It also requires quite some amount of gain which again amplifies the noise.
It is OK for interviews, but I wouldn't use it in studio. Just doesn't sound right for me. I used it couple of times for Hi Hat, but at the end never used the recording.
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good for it's price I guess
Mani Draugabani 17.11.2020
I wanted to try the t.bone mics, simply because the price is redicoulous.

But as I suspected, you always get what you pay for.

It is more then fine for reference, and maybe for interviews, but not movie quality
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Overall very good
Molly_N 28.08.2022
This rating is factoring in the price point.

I use this for field recordings (it has a shotgun switch to change polar pattern) and as a vocal mic. Its not terrible for general desktop use for calls either

outdoors, even with its wind shield it is still going to pick up wind, but some processing (eq etc) fixes that, as it can be battery operated its decently portable. It doesn't appear to eat through batteries when portable.

I pair it with the Millenium DS100 for my desktop "studio", perfectly suitable for this.

build quality is fine, wouldn't want to drop it though, I do not expect it would survive.

Other reviews mention noise, I haven't experienced this (its normally connected to a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen)

As previously mentioned, its good for its price, I don't think you'd be going wrong if this is what you can afford and its certainly good enough for the kind of vocals I record (which are going to be heavily processed anyway)
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