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Equipment file · Cardioid dynamic microphone

D1000 microphone

AKG · c. 1967

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The AKG D1000 (later D1000E) is a cardioid dynamic microphone with a three-position bass/medium/sharp voicing switch using an internal filter network. Its body is nickel-plated brass with a sintered bronze grille.

Introduced
c. 1967
Category
Cardioid dynamic microphone
Intended use
Vocals and instruments with switchable tone
Production
AKG; several versions from the late 1960s, now discontinued

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Switchable voicing gave engineers several tonal options from one capsule.

  2. 02

    A respected alternative to the SM57 for guitar cabinets and vocals.

    Pictured in this passage
    Shure SM57 Unidyne III microphone, circa 1984Shure SM57 microphone© Jud McCranie

Engineering record

Voicing
B/M/S switch using internal RC filtering[2]
Max SPL
128 dB SPL at 0.5% distortion[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

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Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1D1000 Dynamic Cardioid MicrophoneAKG · manual
  2. 2AKG Acoustics D 1000ERecordingHacks · reference

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