Peavey PVM-22 (c. 1997–1999)
Little is documented about the Peavey PVM-22 outside of the company's own late-1990s advertising. Peavey sold it as the "PVM 22 Diamond Mic" in a "Dare to Compare" campaign, which ran in music trade magazines from at least September 1997 through late 1999. The ads told buyers to test the PVM 22 against "your favorite microphone," called it the "new standard in hand-held microphones," and warned readers not to follow the masses with an "outdated industry-standard mic with thirty-year-old technology" (Sound on Sound, December 1997, p.151).
Two concrete facts come out of that campaign. First, the PVM 22 had an "exclusive diamond-coated" element. The ads don't say whether that means the diaphragm or the capsule. Second, Peavey rated its sensitivity at −52 dB, which the company claimed ran 4 dB hotter than an unnamed "old technology" microphone rated at −56 dB. That is about all that survives. There is no confirmed frequency response, impedance, polar pattern or production dates, and no independent period review has surfaced.
- Hand-held microphone
- Sensitivity: −52 dB (per Peavey's ads; claimed 4 dB hotter than a −56 dB "old technology" comparison mic)
- "Diamond-coated" construction (exact component unspecified in the ads)
- Marketed c. 1997–1999 via Peavey's "Dare to Compare" campaign
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