The pro-audio world is stacked with top players. But AKG microphones and headsets are something special, having been synonymous with exceptional performance since the 1940s. Eastwood Sound and Vision are delighted to announce that they’re now selling a range of superb AKG products, used the world over in recording studios and radio stations, on TV and more or less every kind of live stage.
As a leading manufacturer of high-quality microphones and headphones, Vienna-based AKG released their first headphones way back in 1949. Since then they’ve managed to steal a march on an impressive number of firsts: In 1991 they played a part in the space race when the Audimir space project harnessed AKG products to help simulate conditions in the MIR space station. In 1997 AKG mics travelled to the Arctic for a project run by the Austrian Broadcasting Company. And in 2003 AKG starred in two of author Dan Brown’s best-sellers, The Da Vinci Code and Deception Point. 2006 saw the brand providing sound for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and in 2008 they won the year’s prestigious Austrian Export Award.
Celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2017, these days AKG has an international reach. They’re a public company known and loved for continuous innovations and continuing dedication to the pro audio industry. AKG microphones and headphones are used by internationally respected musicians including Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel and Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Anastasia, Kanye West and a host more.
AKG’s C4 14-XLS multipattern condenser mic delivers nine polar patterns for the perfect sonic capture whatever the application and its peak hold LED displays even super-short overload peaks. The D12VR dynamic mic is specifically designed for recording kick drum applications, with a thin diaphragm that enhances low frequency performance plus signature warm sound. The D112MK2 dynamic mic is one of the best pro dynamic bass drum mics around, with an innovative new flexible integrated mount and exceptional sonic strengths. And the classic AKG C12VR, a replica of the original C12, has also been around for years.
This kind of longevity just doesn’t happen with inferior products. And the current batch of AKG innovations is proving just as popular. Their exceptional condenser mics and stereo pairs, superb Combo Condenser Microphone Preamp & Capsule, ULS Condenser Microphone Preamp, closed back headphones, superior reference headphones and more all look like they could easily become classics in the making.
Eastwood Sound and Vision has been a respected player on the UK’s audio retail scene since 2009, a business created by Richard Eastwood, who has been passionate about audio since the 1970s. ESV is the first choice for film, TV and music recording sectors, to whom it sells and rents a large range of Pro Tools systems.
