Product Overview

Stunning Metallic Elegance Meets Professional Condenser-Like Definition

Standard live microphones are often engineered for utility, sacrificing high-end clarity and visual presence. The Telefunken M80 Copper breaks away from this compromise, taking the advanced internal audio architecture of Telefunken’s flagship Dynamic Series and dressing it in a brilliant, lustrous copper metal housing. This distinctive look instantly elevates your stage or studio configuration, providing an artisanal aesthetic that brilliantly reflects lights during a performance.

Underneath its premium, road-tested finish, the M80 Copper is built to resolve the common sonic issues associated with traditional handheld dynamics, such as muddy low-mids and choked high-frequencies. By utilizing an engineered, ultra-light internal component layout, the M80 Copper captures open-ended high-frequency air, shimmering vocal details, and transient attacks that are typically reserved for expensive studio condenser microphones.

Product Description

Low-Mass Moving Coil and Custom American T80 Transformer:

The core of the M80 Copper's rapid transient response and crisp, transparent audio character lies in its custom-engineered transducer element. It houses a 25 mm dynamic moving coil capsule featuring an ultra-thin, low-mass membrane. Because this capsule design minimizes physical weight, it responds instantaneously to quick vocal inflections, fast percussive hits, and subtle performance dynamics without compressing or clouding the signal path.

To supply authoritative analog weight and optimal impedance tracking, the microphone incorporates a custom-wound TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik T80 transformer within its handle housing. Hand-assembled and calibrated in the USA to strict laboratory standards, this premium step-up transformer delivers a rich lower-mid response, extensive dynamic range, and high internal headroom. It ensures your signal remains perfectly balanced and powerful across long cable runs or stage snakes, cutting cleanly through complex, high-energy live mixes.

Focused Off-Axis Control and Proximity Tuning:

The M80 Copper is purpose-built to conquer loud, demanding live stages, houses of worship, and multi-instrument tracking rooms. Its highly directional Supercardioid polar pattern isolates the main source with a narrow capsule pickup angle directly in front of the chrome wire mesh grille. This provides extreme off-axis rejection, blocking out stage bleeding from nearby cymbals, snare drums, or guitar amplifiers to drastically reduce feedback risks.

Additionally, the internal acoustic ports of the capsule chamber are carefully tuned to control the proximity effect. When a vocalist performs right up against the grille mesh for deep intimacy, the M80 Copper keeps the lower-mid bass frequencies tight and present rather than boomy and muddy. A tailored upper-mid presence rise between 2 kHz and 10 kHz guarantees a crisp, polished vocal sound that requires minimal console EQ adjustments.

Key Features

• CUSTOM COPPER BODY FINISH: Elegant, premium metallic copper shop finish paired with a high-durability chrome grille mesh head for a unique stage look.

• CONDENSER-LIKE HIGH FREQUENCIES: Delivers an open, extended top-end frequency response while retaining the rugged, passive reliability of a dynamic moving coil.

• CUSTOM AMERICAN T80 TRANSFORMER: Houses a hand-wound Telefunken transformer for superior analog depth, high headroom, and proper impedance tracking.

• LOW-MASS MEMBRANE CAPSULE: 25 mm ultra-thin diaphragm responds instantly to fast transients, eliminating boxy mid-range congestion.

• SHARP SUPERCARDIOID ISOLATION: Focused directional pattern rejects background stage noise and unwanted spill for maximum feedback safety.

• MANAGED PROXIMITY DESIGN: Intelligently calibrated capsule ports prevent low-bass muddiness, keeping close-up vocals clear and authoritative.

• ROBUST 135 dB SPL HANDLING: Intended to capture intense lead vocals, loud snare drum tracking, or screaming brass instruments without internal clipping.

• HAND-ASSEMBLED IN THE USA: Assembled, calibrated, and frequency-tested by hand at Telefunken’s Connecticut facility to ensure tour-grade durability.

Technical Specifications

What’s Included in the Box

• 1 x Telefunken M80 Premium Dynamic Handheld Microphone (Copper Finish Edition)

• 1 x Telefunken M780 Heavy-Duty Plastic Microphone Clip Mount

• 1 x ZB82 Dedicated Leatherette Zippered Storage Bag Pouch

• 1 x Official Telefunken Elektroakustik Product Guide & Warranty Sheet