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Blue Microphones Bottle

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Multi-pattern Vacuum Tube Condenser Microphone System with Interchangeable Capsule

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The Bottle, Blue's Premium-quality Condenser Microphone

The amount of care that goes into constructing a Blue microphone is legendary. As their flagship microphone, the Bottle encapsulates all Blue 's attention to detail and careful construction. It looks beautiful, and boasts a sound that's so warm, natural, and "alive," it'll leave no doubt that you're hearing one of the world's elite mics. Engineers we know can't say enough good things about the incredible Blue Bottle mic.

Blue Bottle Condenser Microphone at a Glance:
  • Extremely versatile tube condenser mic
  • Power supply helps preserve tube life
  • Eight available capsules

Extremely versatile tube condenser mic
The Blue Bottle not only sounds like a dream, but it's extremely versatile. The Bottle features eight different interchangeable capsules, so you can change capsules to deliver different tonality, patterns and uses while the microphone is still turned on, thus eliminating the need for many types of mics. The amplifier design is based on a single vacuum tube pentode EF86 in a triode mode. Blue hand selects the tube for low noise performance.

Power supply helps preserve tube life
The Blue Bottle microphone is packaged with one B6 Lollipop capsule and the 9610 Tube Microphone Power supply. Blue has developed the 9610 with the new SOFT START feature to assure the longevity of the vacuum tube, and the stability of the microphone circuitry. No other commercially available tube microphone power supply offers this unique feature. Champagne tube microphone cable is standard inclusion and all the above is all housed in a Blue velvet lined ATA approved flight case.

Eight available capsules
The Bottle Mic can employ seven additional hand-built capsules crafted by Blue at their factory.

Blue Bottle Available Pattern selections:
  • B7: Cardioid large diaphragm single backplate. The Classic Vocal Sound.
  • B6: Cardioid large diaphragm dual backplate. The Blue Standard, included with the Bottle - The Modern Presence Vocal Sound
  • B5: Pressure omni large diaphragm. The Presence Omni
  • B4: Perspex sphere pressure omni small diaphragm. The Big Omni
  • B3: Cardioid mid sized diaphragm. The Neutral Capsule
  • B2: Figure of eight large diaphragm. The Vintage Capsule
  • B1: Cardioid small diaphragm. The Accuracy Plus Capsule
  • B0: Cardioid (large capsule/Bright)

Discover why the sound of the Blue Bottle has engineers and audio pros everywhere raving!

Blue Bottle Condenser Microphone Features:
  • Ultimate in hand-built craftsmanship
  • High-end tube and Class A discrete circuitry
  • Mic system - allows for various capsules to be swapped "on the fly" for extreme versatility
  • Integrated capsule shockmounting
  • Hand tuned and tested
  • Custom wound mic transformer
  • Includes B6 capsule, Blue's renowned 9610 tube power supply, Champagne tube mic cable, and ATA style storage case

For no-compromise tube condenser sound, get the Blue Bottle!

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Specification Detail
Microphone Type capsu
Polar Pattern(s) Ships w/B6 Cardioid Capsule
Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz
Max SPL 134 dB SPL 2/B6 Capsule
Output Impedance 200 ohms
Signal to Noise Ratio 86.5 dB-A w/B6 Capsule
Self Noise 7.5 dB-A w/B6 Capsule
Low Cut Filter No Filter
Pads No Pad
Length 15.35"
Width 3.54"
Depth 3.54"
Weight 3.75 lbs.
Notes Interchangable Capsule Available Separately
Manufacturer Part Number BOTTLE

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based on 5 reviews

Blue Bottle - Great Stuff

by Russ from Salt Lake City, UT
January 10, 2012
Music Background: Producer
I am a producer that records lots of vocals and it has been great to have a mic that makes every singer sound their best. I am very pleased and can tell this mic will bring many years of great vocals... read more [+] here at the studio! close [-]

BEST Mic I've used for ANY price!

by Joe Kerr from Lancaster, PA.
February 27, 2010
Music Background: Professional recording artist, engineer, and studio owner.
I have owned The Blue Bottle microphone since 2004, recorded over 20 albums on it, and have monopolized my local region for sound quality, competing with and taking customers from million-dollar studi... read more [+]os here in town. The word to describe it is TRANSPARENT... No weird pads or eq curves... What you record, is exactly what you will here in play-back. The only EQ you will need with this mic is maybe a low cut to eliminate any pops if you are recording close, and maybe some accent EQ to make the given signal set into the particular mix you are working on. I've used U87's, M49's, and many other very expensive mics in my career, and this mic takes the cake 100%. I wouldn't trade it for the world! close [-]

Destroys the U87

by Patrick Collier from
September 15, 2009
Music Background: Producer/Recording Engineer
Amazing recorded some stuff for the bmi awards. i was blown away at the quality. The mic was ran through avalon 737 with some basic reverb in pro tools and thats all that was really needed. its a grea... read more [+]t buy for amazing vocals with out much needed mixing. close [-]

Engineers' Best Kept Secret

by Ben from Johnston, RI
March 6, 2007
Music Background: Recording Engineer
I own this mic with the B7, B6, and B4 caps. The B7 is styled after the U47 (K47), the B6 after the C12 (CK12), and the B7 after the M50 (M7). Do any of them sound exactly like the caps they are mod... read more [+]eled after? Not exactly. In my opinion, they sound BETTER. First of all, the Bottle is quieter than ANY of those mics listed. The sound of each capsule, while based loosly on the venerable vintage caps, are modernized for what we hear on the radio TODAY, not 50 years ago. It sounds like someone very skilled took those old caps and tweaked them into something modern that requires little eq and compression to make it fit. Also, the Depth and Dimention of the sound of this mic is like no other. I have several mics in the $1000-2000 range, and none of them compare in depth and clarity. Since this is an expensive mic, I know few who own it, making it an engineer's best kept secret! I have three mics for less than the cost of three seperate mics of the same quality. close [-]

Sweetwater Advice

Ryan Sloan
Blue's The Bottle is the secret weapon of countless studios. In fact, when A-List talent comes into our studio to record, more often than not they tend to gravitate towards the Bottle. It's more expensive than your typical microphone, but its modular nature makes it more versatile. It's the Swiss Army Knife of high-end studio microphones. It's essentially 8 of the best microphones you've ever heard in one package.
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