By Simon Allen
The latest round of developments from Danish microphone giant DPA are beginning to make me feel old. I’ve now been engineering long enough to remember using the original 4060 and 4061 microphones and have witnessed their now extensive line-up of miniature microphones ultimately define what we can do today. For example, I personally still own some of the original 4099 instrument microphones, and I wrote
a review of the CORE technology that was released in 2018 for this very publication
(see LSi June 2018). Now in 2025, DPA has taken this technology another step further, releasing its all-new CORE+ technology.
This year we have also watched DPA update its well-known connectivity solution for miniature microphones. The MicroDot connection system can divide opinion, but ultimately has provided the brand with one of the most versatile solutions when connecting these microphones to all manner of transmitters and pre-amps. This has even left other manufacturers no choice but to attempt to replicate the formula. Now though, DPA has engineered some clever tweaks to bring us MicroLock. I was keen to find out how DPA is trying to stay ahead of the game . . .
Read the full review in Lighting & Sound International magazine
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