Apex 471 tube microphone

[aleaney]

I tried this out on saxophone today and it sounded warmer and smoother than my Sennheiser MD421. I don't think it's as good as the APEX 460 though, does anyone know what this mic is based on? It has a 6J1B tube which is wired right to the pcb so changing it out would be pretty hard.

 

[snaimpally]

There is an earlier model as well, the Apex 470. I'm curious to hear how it sounds. Can you post some audio? The 470/471 are SDC tube mics that can take omni or cardoid capsules. Quite different from the Apex 460 which is an LDC with selectable patterns.