A versatile, natural sounding dynamic mic with a cool retro look! Heil Sound's The Fin is a dynamic microphone that exhibits a remarkable, natural, clear sound. The Fin mic was designed especially for live sound, recording and broadcast applications. The Fin microphone's exceptional performance is achieved by the use of a special magnet structure with a large 1 1/18" aluminum low mass voice coil assembly similar to the Heil PR 20 mic. The frequency response is 60 Hz - 18kHz with that traditional Heil Sound mid-range 'bouquet' at 4kHz, which presents incredible brilliance and presence. The Fin mic exhibits a tight linear cardioid pattern. The chrome finish is a special 'showchrome' where the steel body is copper plated and then double chrome plated producing a deep chrome finish. A blue molded internal foam windscreen inside the grill covers the large diameter Heil dynamic microphone element mounted in a specially tooled Sorbothane shock mount. The fun part of The Fin microphone is the four blue L.E.D. lamps mounted inside. These can only be illuminated when using The Fin into one of the 3 pin balanced XLR inputs of a professional mixing console that supplies a + 48 volt d.c. phantom voltage down the balanced mic line. Standard 5/8" - 27 microphone stand threads allow The Fin to be mounted on booms or floor stands. The Fin is terrific for vocals, instrument amplifiers, harmonica, and speech, and puts the fun back into the dynamic microphone.