IRPA MD-38SH

The MD38SH is an omnidirectional dynamic microphone manufactured in Soviet Russia in the 1960’s. As with many of these super rare Soviet mics, it was made in very small quantities and usually for a very specific purpose. In this case, it’s an acoustic measurement microphone. We’ve only ever seen four of these fellas, and three of those passed through our doors. Aside from its looks, what’s most impressive about this mic is how it sounds. It’s surprisingly useful and musically flattering while maintaining a very colorful character that I’m refraining from describing as “lo-fi” since it sounds pretty darn good. But yeah, still kinda lo-fi just a very useable way, which makes it quite useful in our mic locker.