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Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Studio XLR Microphone, Black, Ideal for Project/Home Studio Applications

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Connections	Wired
Audio Sensitivity	37 dB

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The price/performance standard in side address studio condenser microphone technology
Ideal for project/home studio applications; The noise level is 20 db SPL
High spl handling and wide dynamic range provide unmatched versatility
Custom engineered low mass diaphragm provides extended frequency response and superior transient response
Cardioid polar pattern reduces pickup of sounds from the sides and rear, improving isolation of desired sound source. Output connector: integral 3 pin XLRM type
Black speckles on the mic is the finish of the item. Audio technical case style: R7

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The Standard for Affordable Studio Condensers The cost and performance standard in side-address studio condenser microphone technology, making it ideal for project/home-studio applications.	Unmatched Versatility Due to high-SPL handling and wide dynamic range.	Custom-Engineered Low-Mass Diaphragm Provides extended frequency response and superior transient response.


Sound Source Isolation Cardioid polar pattern reduces pickup of sounds from the sides and rear, improving isolation of desired sound source.	Pivoting, Threaded Stand Mount Attaches securely for easy and precise placement of the microphone.	Accessories Stand mount for 5/8"-27 threaded stands; 5/8"-27 to 3/8"-16 threaded adapter; soft protective pouch.


	AT2010	AT2020	AT2021	AT2022	AT2035	AT2050
Element	Fixed-charge back plate permanently polarized condenser	Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser	Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser	Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser	Fixed-charge back plate, permanently polarized condenser	Externally-polarized (DC bias) condenser
Polar Pattern	Cardioid	Cardioid	Cardioid	X/Y Stereo	Cardioid	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-of-Eight
Frequency Response	40-20,000 Hz	20-20,000 Hz	30-20,000 Hz	20–20,000 Hz	20-20,000 Hz	20-20,000 Hz
Open Circuit Sensitivity	–48 dB (3.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa	–37 dB (14.1 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa	–39 dB (11.2 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa	-41 dB (8.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa	-33 dB (22.4 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa	–42 dB (7.9 mV) re 1V at 1 Pa
Impedence	100 ohms	100 ohms	250 ohms	200 ohms	120 ohms	120 ohms
Maximum Input Sound Level	136 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.	144 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.	145 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.	122 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.	148 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.;158 dB SPL, with 10 dB pad (nominal)	149 dB SPL, 1 kHz at 1% T.H.D.; 159 dB SPL, with 10 dB pad (nominal)
Dynamic Range	113 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL	124 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL	126 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL	103 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL	136 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL	132 dB, 1 kHz at Max SPL
Signal-to-Noise Ratio	71 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa	74 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa	75 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa	75 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa	82 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa	77 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
Phantom Power Requirements	48V DC, 2 mA typical	48V DC, 2 mA typical	48V DC, 2 mA typical	N/a	11-52V DC, 3.8 mA typical	11-52V DC, 4.7 mA typical
Switches	N/a	N/a	N/a	Off, on/flat, on/roll-off	Flat, roll-off; 10 dB pad (nominal)	Polar selection; Flat, roll-off; 10 dB pad (nominal)

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Color:Black | style:AT2020

Audio-Technica’s stringent quality and consistency standards set the AT2020 apart from other mics in its class. Its low-mass diaphragm is custom-engineered for extended frequency response and superior transient response. With rugged construction for durable performance, the microphone offers a wide dynamic range and handles high SPLs with ease. The AT2020: The new standard for affordable side-address studio condensers.

Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 74 dB.

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Color:Black | style:AT2020

Item Weight

1.8 pounds

Product Dimensions

9.6 x 9.6 x 2.6 inches

ASIN

B0006H92QK

Item model number

AT2020

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4,917 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#90 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
#2 in Vocal Condenser Microphones

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

April 13, 2004

Color Name

Black

Compatible Devices

Any Recording Programs, Audio Interfaces with XLR Cable inputs

Computer Platform

Compatible for all Windows and Mac Operating Systems

Connector Type

XLR Connector

Supported Software

Cubase, ProTools, GarageBand

Material Type

Metal

Musical Style

Any Genre

Size

Color Screen

Voltage

240 Volts

Technical Specification

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Rob Fleming

I learned this the hard way and can only assume some others are as stupid as I am

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

Beware, this is not a USB mic and will take considerable effort and other products to use this with a PC. I learned this the hard way and can only assume some others are as stupid as I am. Returned it and bought the USB version which is fantastic.

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Phillip Rothschild

First class Mic

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

I've been recording for 50 years, both music and audio books and this is the best mic I've ever used except when in top end recording studios. The difference between those top-end microphones and this one? My engineer says (with a smile) "About a thousand dollars..."

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Eric Leichliter

Don't waste money on a cheap one

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2017

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

Get this mic first if you are just getting into audio interfaces. Don't waste money on a cheap one. This mic is fantastic on a Scarlet 2i2.

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Rummy

The classic, all-around condenser mic

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

This is basically the all-around, working class grunt mic. Its decently priced and the sound reproduction is very good in a controlled environment. Condenser mics are not meant to be used during live performances in general, so you need to know this beforehand.

In terms of condenser mics, the only other one that matches this guy for the price is the MXL 990. I would say the 2020 has a warmer reproduction.

As for quality, ive dropped this mic a couple times ( i know, thats a no-no for condenser mics) and it still works perfectly fine, my MXL 990 broke on the first drop.

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Cupcake121

Excellent sound and quality

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

Bought this for my son's birthday. He uses it to livestream. Excellent sound and quality. I had to buy extra cables and a mic stand to get it in working order. I would definitely make sure you have all the cables, my son was excited to get it, but then had to wait extra days for the the cables before he could actually use it.

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J. A. Smith

Great beginner XLR

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2017

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

This is my first XLR mic, purchased to replace a Blue Snowball ICE. The difference is night and day.

Gear: AT202P, Focusrite Scarlett Solo, 6ft Amazon Basics XLR cable, cheap Neewer boom.

The audio is bright, but still rich. My voice is not deep or loud, so it does a great job of capturing it without making me sound like a small child.

I haven't noticed any problems regarding noise floors, but I am also not operating in a treated space, so ambient sound drowns out any noise floor problems the mic/interface might have.

Without any gain, this mic is basically a brick, so you'll have to throw down some gain if your voice is not insanely loud (or if you're not screaming). This will result in picking up a lot of ambient sound. A. Lot.

Will this give you sound to rival, say, an RE-20, SM7B, or even a Procaster? That depends on your mixing skills, somewhat, but in general it will not. Is it absolutely worth the price? Oh yeah. In terms of comparing it to my previous mic (Snowball ICE), the degree to which my audio has improved is simply shameful.

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Donald Wood

Loved the service but I chose another microphone

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2018

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

I bought this mic along with an AKG P220. This mic has some great qualities. I ran both mics through an ART PreAmp with the same settings (FLAT EQ, almost zero gain, and a compression ratio 2:1) through a Scarlett Focusrite 6i6 into a Mac Pro running Digital Performer and Logic. After reading some commercial voiceover text and singing some verses, I found the AT2020 had a better signal to noise ratio but the overall sound was too bright. I went with the AKG.

Soundprofessionals has great customer service. Fast order processing and delivery coupled with thorough and thoughtful follow up makes it a cinch to come back to these guys again.

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Austin Bond

great cheap microphone

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

great cheap microphone. Clear audio, bought it as a replacement for a headset microphone. This does require some other equipment though, as it comes with just the microphone itself, no cables or mount. overall buying the XLR version will require an addtional 30-40 dollars worth of equipment to get it to connect to your PC

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Sweet Guy

The best budget microphone!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2019

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

I started Twitch Streaming and a Youtube Career a while ago and now I'm partnered with some good viewership, I thought I'd take this time to review the microphone I've used for a good number of years now which has never, ever let me down.

This is probably the best budget microphone on the market - it's competitors either sound too "bass-y" or have annoying quirks you just don't need. I would recommend getting the XLR with the additional amplifier just so you actually have some gain control, which is the only single weakness of the AT2020 as it doesn't have gain control built in. Buying the USB version is fine and you will still get great sound quality but you're more limited on sound quality and control as there's no hardware control unit (no amplifier etc).

Now, I originally wanted the XLR but at the time I didn't have enough desk space to have an amp around, so I bought the USB version instead with an arm-mount. Honestly, I couldn't tell the sound difference myself after I ran through my OBS settings and corrected them - it was literally identical to my ears and my £300 headphones. It's an easy plug-n-play solution too so you can even take it on the go and use it without having to lug around an amplifier.

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This is an easy 5 stars for me.

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Richard Shillam

Making A Come Back

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2020

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

Like a good many men of about my age, born in the great era of popular music in the 1950s/60s/70s, I wanted to be a musical star myself. I learned to play the guitar in my early teens and played in any number (4) of bands in my local area, Drabford, West Yorkshire, always with the hope that my talents would be recognised. All right, I was no Jimmy Page or anything, but I was all right, and anyway, I was more often than not (apart from a short stint in a folk rock outfit called Fantabulous, who had two female vocalists) on lead vocals as well. And while I was no, I don’t know, Brian Wilson singing wise, I could hold a tune, while it was really my lyrics that stood out, or should have (would have had not Mick Slater always had his bass turned up too loud, only because, he reckoned, he couldn’t hear himself over the drums, as played by Ken Trowel, or possibly Kent Rowell, Bob Faust, or Steve Malbranque, otherwise). I took a great deal of trouble over my words, put a lot into them, and saw the music as a vehicle for them rather than an end in themselves. All right, I was no Bob Dylan, but I think I held my own. Had it not been for circumstances beyond my control, the dire state of the live scene in Drabford (never mind the dire state of Drabford), people’s dire taste in music, my first wife Karen’s philanderings (which while they informed a lot of my writing at the time didn’t help my mental health), Mick Slater’s constant criticism not to mention (again) his over loud bass (not to mention his over complicated bass lines), and the unreliability in general of drummers, especially the half decent ones, downright criminality in the case of Steve Malbranque (he was incarcerated for armed robbery weeks before we were to play our first gig in London, at a venue which business folk were said to grace with their presence, just my luck, with the fourth and last incarnation of my band, Incarnation).

All of which said, things as they are these days, with the internet and what have you, youth and good looks apparently not as important as they once were – look at Eddie Sheeran, Louis Scapaldi and those other fat bearded blokes with bobbly hats currently doing the rounds – I thought I might give it another go, solo. Thus I have purchased all the requisite home recording bumf, including this mic, which is excellent by the by, and am finally getting the songs which I envisioned would constitute a concept album by the name of ‘Re:Incarnation’ down. And I quote –

We come and go,
Some fast, some slow,
Through many different ages.
We learn and grow,
It’s all a show
Set on different stages.
Come, take a look,
For life’s a book,
Writ on different pages.
And we must see
The truth to free
Our minds from out their cages.

Reeeeeeeeeeeee
Incarnation
Reeeeeeeeeeeee
Incarnation

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I. Dransfield

A flawless entry level XLR choice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2017

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

A whole new world of recording delight - I moved from a Blue Yeti USB mic to this one on the recommendation of a professional musician friend. Basically, as he told me, it's relatively inexpensive for the quality you're getting and - as mic technology is pretty much unchanging these days - will hold its value should I want to re-sell it and move on to an even better unit.

You should be going for something more costly if you're a pro - and if you can afford it - but for the rest of us this is a superb choice. Clean sound, great pickup, sturdy and with a nice weight to it, it does what it's meant to do (i.e. record voices and sounds) brilliantly and doesn't feel like it'll break at a moment's notice like some cheaper mics for cool kids do.

Also, while some might find it a bit unflattering to gape at, I like the look of the thing. Functional and unspectacular, like me in many ways.

36 people found this helpful

ibrahim i.

200x better than expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2019

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

If I could give value for money 6/5 stars I would. This is a STEAL at it's price range. If an SM57 is the staple bang-for-buck for dynamic mics, then this is it's counterpart for condensers. I used it for vocals, acoustics, glockenspiel, shaker, kalimba, ukulele and as a room mic for drum recordings and I can't tell you how perfect it has been for all of these. If you are a budget bedroom producer like me then just grab this and an SM57 and you are all set for life. Amazing mic at a horrendously low price. I am shocked.

21 people found this helpful

dusty_brooms

You'll need to purchase about $300 of additional equipment to use this product.

Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2019

Color: Blackstyle: AT2020Verified Purchase

This product doesn't contain all of the parts you'd need to get it working. It doesn't even contain the cable you need to plug it in. In order to use it, you'll need to purchase an additional USB Audio Interface (usually between $150 - $300) as well as two XLR cables (one for input and one for output, about $50 each).

Had to hook it up using an existing phantom power supply and an XLR to USB cable, but when I did this there was a loud, buzzing/hissing on the other end. Couldn't figure out if the issue was the cable, the power supply or the mic and since this mic doesn't come with any other parts, I have no idea what combination of products I need to have the mic work optimally. Also, you can't contact the seller - so I can't ask them.

Really didn't want to have to return this product, but you really can't use it/set it up unless you have an already extensive knowledge of this sort of thing.

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