User's Manual

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Thank you for selecng a Manley Reference Series Microphone!

This manual covers the Reference Cardioid, the Reference Silver, and the Reference Gold

Microphones, all handcraed at our factory in Chino, California USA. These designs are

opmized for extremely wide frequency response and exceponally accurate transient

response, and all feature very open-weave stainless steel grilles for the capsule window for

zero-loss acouscal transmission.

The sensive gold spuered capsules and tube electronics are housed in a nely-machined

body which requires lile to no maintenance. A double suspension system is employed in all

three Reference Microphone models, minimizing mechanical interacon whilst recording.

The enre working “guts” of the microphone may be removed for servicing in one piece, and

there is no need to remove the microphone body from the suspension. We also provide a very

useful Manley swivel with each mic; its T-bar handle and locking clutch acon require no tools,

and allow the microphone’s ne-posioning to be adjusted with great precision.

The Manley Reference Cardioid microphone has a xed cardioid paern. The Manley Reference

Silver microphone has two paerns: cardioid or omni-direconal. The Manley Reference Gold

has connuously variable polar paerns, ranging from omni through cardioid to gure of eight.

All three microphones are supplied with a separate power supply unit. See below to determine

which of the two Manley PSUs your mic requires, based on its serial code prex.

PSU1: Linear Power Supply (1990 - 2019)

REFCARD

REFCARDX

REFCARDT

REFGOLD

REFSGOLD (Stereo)

PSU2: MANLEY POWER

SMPS* (2020 onwards)

MRAG

REFCARD7P

REFGOLD7P

*Switch Mode Power Supply