Description

Heil Sound The Fin Dynamic Cardioid Microphone Overview:

The Fin microphone from Heil Sound Ltd. was featured prominently in the ad campaign for the 2012 smash hit movie The Hunger Games, (as well as the sequel ‘Catching Fire’), for its amazing looks. The Fin combines that vintage mic look, with a blend of futuristic, and TIMELESS, all in one shiny microphone. However, The Fin is a professional microphone with all the qualities you could ask for in a dynamic cardioid microphone, it just happens to be one of the coolest looking mics youve ever seen.

Best-in-class, smooth, flat response from the shock mounted, large, low mass diaphragm element driven by a powerful magnet, will reward you with rich sound throughout its broad frequency range. The Fin is great in the studio, or live, and it particularly exhibits excellent upper mids.

The Fin has a beautifully sculpted body that is double-chromed in a three stage plating process. Horizontal fins accent its soft angular profile. As an added bonus, The Fin glows via the four L.E.D. lights inside, which can be turned on and off from via the phantom power from the mixing board. This can make for a dramatic effect, or create that certain vibe to enhance your next performance. Check it outThe Fin microphone from Heil is turning headsA lot of heads! The Fin is stocked in chrome and matte black bodies. Each version has either red, white or blue foam color/LEDs.

With The Fin microphone you get a premium aluminum carrying case.

The Fin has been designed especially for live sound, recording and broadcast applications. The exceptional performance is achieved by the use of a special magnet
structure with a large 1 1/4 aluminum low mass voice coil assembly similar
to the Heil PR 20. The frequency response is 50 Hz – 18 kHz with that traditional
Heil Sound mid range bouquet at 4 kHz, which presents incredible brilliance and
presence. The Fin exhibits a tight linear cardioid pattern. The chrome finish is
a special showchrome where the steel body is copper plated and then double
chrome plated producing a deep chrome finish. A molded internal foam windscreen
inside the grill covers the Heil dynamic microphone element mounted in a
specially tooled rubber shock mount. The Fin is stocked in the following finishes:
chrome with blue, chrome with white, chrome with red, and black with blue.

The fun part of the Heil The Fin is the four L.E.D. lamps mounted inside. These
can only be illuminated when using The Fin into one of the 3 pin balanced XLR
inputs of a professional mixing console that supplies a + 48 volt d.c. phantom
voltage down the balanced mic line.

Standard 5/8 27 microphone stand threads allow The Fin to be mounted on
booms or floor stands.

The microphone audio will also work into an unbalanced low impedance input
used on amateur radios, communications audio or simple public announcement
systems. None of these will have the proper voltage to illuminate the lamps but
the microphone will work perfectly. Should you want to illuminate the lamps
when used for amateur radio, etc. The Fin can be used into one of the balanced
inputs of a small Behringer UB 802 (or similar) mixer or the 3 pin XLR balanced of
a W2IHY 8 band equalizer, with their phantom power activated.

Specifications:

• Output Connection: 3 pin XLR
• Element Type: Dynamic
• Frequency Response: 50 Hz – 18 kHz
• Polar Pattern: Cardioid
• Rear Rejection @ 180 off axis: -30 dB
• Impedance: 600 ohms balanced
• Output Level: -55 dB @ 1 kHz
• Weight: 24.9 oz.
• Max SPL: 142 dB
• Lamp Power: 48 volt DC phantom