User's Manual
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introducon
Thank you for selecng a Manley Reference Series Microphone!
This manual covers the Reference Cardioid, the Reference Silver, and the Reference Gold
Microphones, all handcraed at our factory in Chino, California USA. These designs are
opmized for extremely wide frequency response and exceponally accurate transient
response, and all feature very open-weave stainless steel grilles for the capsule window for
zero-loss acouscal transmission.
The sensive gold spuered capsules and tube electronics are housed in a nely-machined
body which requires lile to no maintenance. A double suspension system is employed in all
three Reference Microphone models, minimizing mechanical interacon whilst recording.
The enre 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 acon require no tools,
and allow the microphone’s ne-posioning to be adjusted with great precision.
The Manley Reference Cardioid microphone has a xed cardioid paern. The Manley Reference
Silver microphone has two paerns: cardioid or omni-direconal. The Manley Reference Gold
has connuously variable polar paerns, 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 prex.
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