Blue Bottle Mic Locker

The Bottle is Blue's flagship recording tool and its highest achievement in quality and innovation. The Bottle combines low noise and superb transient response integrated with a system of interchangeable capsules, the Bottle Caps. In an instant, the bayonet-mounted Bottle Caps can be exchanged to provide different tonal characteristics and pickup patterns while the included power supply remains on. The Class A discrete amplifier circuit of the Bottle is a thoroughly modern homage to the past, with a design utilizing a single hand-selected EF86 pentode vacuum tube in triode mode. The Bottle is the definition of craftsmanship, with hand-assembled custom components found throughout.

Blue Bottle Specifications

• Transducer Type: Vacuum Tube Condenser
• Polar Patterns: Various (Capsule-dependent)
• Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz
• Sensitivity: 20.0 mV/Pa at 1kHz (1 Pa = 94 dB SPL) w/B6 Capsule
• Output Impedence: 200Ω
• Rated Load Impedence: Not less than 1kΩ
• Maximum SPL: 134 dB SPL (2.5kΩ, 0.5% THD) w/B6 Capsule
• S/N Ratio: 86.5 dB-A (IEC 651) w/B6 Capsule
• Noise Level: 7.5 dB-A (IEC 651) w/B6 Capsule
• Dynamic Range: 126.5 dB (@ 2.5kΩ) w/B6 Capsule
• Power Requirement: Bottle Power Supply Unit 115/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz
• Weight: 1700g
• Dimensions: 390mm x 90mm

Bottle Mic Locker includes four Bottle Caps, each delivering its own sonic inspiration:

BO BOTTLE CAP
The ultimate big vocal sound

B6 BOTTLE CAP
The “modern presence” vocal sound (A.K.A. the Blue standard)

B7 BOTTLE CAP
The classic vocal sound

B8 BOTTLE CAP
The versatile capsule