The Cactus delivers a commanding, intimate presence with larger-than-life detail that is reminiscent of the world’s finest and most well respected vintage designs. At a distance, the Cactus’ B7 capsule delivers every nuance in the room, with finely focused resolution and clear, musical frequency response to the extremes of the audible spectrum. Up close, with its detailed highs and smooth midrange, the nine-pattern Cactus excels at delivering a vocal or solo track right to the front of the mix. The amplifier is a transformer-balanced single vacuum tube sub-miniature pentode in a triode mode, along with the highest quality hand-selected electronic components to insure absolute minimum noise and distortion.

capsule design

Behind every hit record is a great song. Like a song is to music, the capsule is the foundation of every great microphone. The core belief at Blue Microphones is that great sound originates in the design and manufacturing of the capsule; this is the reason why each of our professional microphones utilizes its own proprietary design. Blue's unique "tunable" backplate enables us to dial-in each capsule to precisely capture a specific sonic signature, resulting in great recordings every time that require little if any, post production assistance

proprietary mylar

Blue's focus on capsule design extends all the way to the materials and manufacturing standards necessary to achieve the results required by Blue's engineers. To create a capsule capable of capturing the emotion and intensity of any recording, Blue's engineers have developed a proprietary mylar formulation, which is 'sputtered' with a custom-specified alloy coating. This unique capsule film is then mated to precision-milled backplates that are produced to Blue's exacting quality specifications. The result is outstanding musicality and utterly consistent performance,

discrete electronic components

Our professional microphones receive the highest quality electrical components that can be sourced from around the world. Many are specially constructed for us, oftentimes at an expense exponentially higher than that of components used in other microphones. These selections are the result of more than 20 years of engineering and experimentation and represent an investment in quality that increases microphone speed, decreases distortion, reduces product variance, and creates lasting reliability, When the sum of these components is coupled with our remarkable capsules, they create a sound that is years ahead of the competition, and a sound that will last for years to come.

cleanest path possible

The key to attaining audio perfection is to create the purest signal path possible. To deliver the cleanest audio path, there are no pads or filters between the capsule and microphone circuit in any Blue Microphone. Manufacturers and microphone designs of the past were bound by the constraints of the analog and vinyl recording process, requiring filters and pads to compensate for the poor dynamic range inherent to the equipment of the times, Blue Microphones are instead designed to harness the full bandwidth of digital audio technology, combining this presence and feel of the finest vintage microphones without suppressing the most emotive aspects of the audible spectrum or the detail of modern recording.

custom-wound transformers

Sometimes you just have to do it yourself to do it right. Our engineers specified the ideal transformers for use in each professional microphone but couldn't find anyone capable of producing them. As a result. we hand-wind each of our transformers in Europe, using the company's unique bi-fllar winding and the highest quality copper cabling and lamination to deliver optimum inductance and capacitance specifications. The result is a transformer perfectly tailored to each microphone circuit, delivering the remarkable electrical performance leads to great sound. 

tubes

No audio application demands higher tube quatity than microphone pre-amplification. For this reason, Blue maintains an exclusive relationship with a European tube manufacturer and has the first pick of each production run, hand-selecling and testing each and every tube to find those that will provide the lowest possible noise and best sonic performance in the microphone amplifier. After selection, this critical component goes through a rigorous bum-in process (using specialized equipment developed by Blue's engineers) to ensure the stability needed in today's recording environment, and an optimal performance match for Blue's proprietary capsules_

powerstream power supply

A microphone can only be as good as the power supply you provide for it. To provide Blue's premium professional microphones with the very best, we utilize our dedicated and custom-designed outboard Powerstream Power Supply 10 provide the cleanest, most consistent power to the microphone circuits. Each Powerstream is hand built and tested in the U,S.A., using high quality components and custom-wound transformers, The Powerstream features Blue's Stow-Start technology (which gently warms the microphone's vacuum tube to prolong lube life and maximize the lube's performance). as well as built in shoe and overload protection 10 safeguard your microphone investment and provide years of enjoyment 

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