Mahalia

Common name: BeesNeez Mahalia

Production Status: In production

The Mahalia is a large diaphragm tube condenser microphone with 9 polar patterns. The Mahalia has a dual back-plate BeesNeez K6 capsule with beveled blind holes that has been designed to give a full range frequency response without being too accentuated in the top end. The Mahalia has a non-linear feedback topology. Its feedback is provided through tertiary winding in the handmade BV12 transformer. Our stack size in BeesNeez BV12 is a little larger than the original Neumann. The lamination size is identical to the original. The bigger stack size was chosen to increase the inductance of the secondary, so as to allow a more linear low-end response. The capsule in the Mahalia is the BeesNeez K67 capsule called the K6. It is a dual back-plate K67-style capsule made identical to the original. The Mylar is 6 micron DuPont. The tube in the Mahalia is a NOS EF86. This tube was made famous in the Neumann U67. It has excellent shielding and screening capabilities. When wired as a triode, the EF86 is very linear in its response. The Mahalia’s sound can be described as silky and refined. It has an extensive high-end, coupled with natural mids and extended lows. The Mahalia uses a circuit not dissimilar to the Neumann U67, using a tertiary feedback to tame the capsule’s stridency (high-frequency). The microphone includes a swivel mount connector and lead, Producer series power supply and wooden box.