SMALL MEMBRANE CONDENSER MICROPHONE 'Special Edition in Red!!. With a newly developed condenser capsule and an exterior based on the X1's rugged metal chassis, the X1 A offers premium sound and specifications ideal for any home studio, with extremely natural frequency response, ultra-high SPL handling capabilities (150dB!), switchable attenuation and low-cut filters, and a perfectly balanced sensitivity level, so it is at home in front of any source to be captured. The X1 A: it could be your first microphone, but it is one of those that despite being the first you will want to keep forever. There is a new entry point to sE's acclaimed X1 series, and it is breaking all established performance barriers (again) against all microphones in its class. When it was introduced in 2011, the X1 brought a new level of quality to its price, easily competing with microphones costing several times as much. But that didn't stop EE from trying to outdo itself again. With a newly developed condenser capsule and an exterior based on the X1's sturdy metal chassis, the X1 A offers first-class sound and specifications at an even better price and ideal for any ''''home studio'''' , with an extremely natural frequency response, ultra-high SPL handling capabilities (150dB!), switchable attenuation and low-cut filters, and a perfectly balanced sensitivity level,