Sanken CS-3e Microphone

Overview
The CS-3e is a highly specialized shotgun microphone known for its sharp and pinpoint directivity. It is particularly effective in capturing rich human voice characteristics, making it a popular choice for location and studio recordings. One of its most impressive features is its exceptional off-axis rejection, thanks to a unique design that combines a line mic array with a second pressure gradient method.

This unique design allows the CS-3e to maintain its directivity over a wide frequency range, even in challenging environments such as close-to-ceiling positions or near a noisy camera. It also has a low proximity effect, making it ideal for close-up and wide shots without altering the sound quality. With three directional capsules arranged in a front-back array, the CS-3e delivers phenomenal supercardioid directivity throughout its 27cm length. This makes it an excellent choice for capturing targeted sound sources with exceptional clarity, while rejecting unwanted noise from the rear and sides.

Summary
Connectivity: XLR-3M
Direction: Super-Cardoid
Microphone Type: Super-Cardoid (Shotgun)
Included in box
Sanken CS-3e Mono Shotgun Microphone.
Measurement Data.
Instruction Manual.
Warranty Card.
Vinyl Case.

About the Sanken CS-3e Microphone
The CS-3e stands out among shotgun microphones because it maintains directivity over an extremely wide frequency range, especially in the low frequencies. Because of its unique design, the CS-3e is an excellent choice for use in difficult applications, such as close-to-ceiling positions or locations near a noisy camera. Even in such challenging situations, the excellent side and rear rejection of the CS-3e helps to capture only the targeted dialogue without ambient reverberation problems. The CS-3e delivers sharp directional sound even in the lower frequencies. Sanken’s original design results in a low proximity effect which facilitates working in a scene close-up and wide, while producing little change in sound character.

In the CS-3e, three directional capsules are arranged in a front-back array to combine line microphone performance and second-order pressure gradient response in a single system. With this unique design, the CS-3e achieves phenomenal supercardioid directivity in the lowest frequencies and throughout the full range in a microphone only 27cm (10 inches) in length. It is significant that the CS-3e picks up the targeted frontal sound sources with exceptional clarity over a wide frequency range – even in noisy ambient environments or in long reverberation spaces – by rejecting undesired noise and sounds coming from the rear and sides.

Directivity Super Cardioid / lobar
Transducer DC biased condenser
Frequency Range 50Hz – 20kHz
Sensitivity (nominal at 1kHz) 50mV/Pa (-26dB,0dB=1V/Pa)
Equivalent Noise Level (A-weighted) 15dB-A
Max SPL (1% THD) 120dB SPL
Output Impedance at 1KHz 120 ohms
Powering +48±4V phantom
Current Consumption less than 2.5mA
Surface Finish Matte black
Connector XLR-3M
Dimensions 27.0 cm X 1.9 cm (diameter)
Weight 0.12 kg

Very sharp pinpoint directivity.
Provides rich human voice characteristics.
Location and studio shotgun featuring exceptional off-axis rejection.
Unique design combination of line mic array and second pressure gradient method.