Strässer M200
Manufacturer:
SträsserModel:
M200Country of Manufacture:
GermanyMicrophone Type:
RibbonPolar Pattern:
CardioidProduction Start Year:
1960
Microphone History:
Now specialising in the distribution and installation of audio systems in churches and cathedrals across Europe, Strässer was originally founded in Stuttgart as a music store in 1906. Later, it turned its focus to PA systems and distributed OEM microphones such as this M200 model, which is essentially a rebadged Beyer M160 with a large Tuchel connector.
Technical Description:
Taken from Beyerdynamic M160 Specs:
- Transducer type: Dual dynamic ribbon
- Operating principle: Pressure gradient.
- Frequency response: 40 - 18,000 Hz
- Polar pattern: Hypercardioid
- Side attenuation at 110° (1 kHz): > 25 dB
- Open circuit voltage at 1 kHz: 1.0 mV/Pa
- Output level: - 59 dBm (0 dBm ⧋ 1 mW/Pa)
- Nominal output impedance: 200 ohms
- Load impedance: ≥ 1000 ohms
- Ribbon: Pure aluminum



