Still a couple of weeks from it's full release the KM-69 is Mercenary's first product... it's a small diaphragm FET condenser that started out being based on the KM-84 but it ain't a KM-84.
The progression is sort of like how the Great River MP-2NV relates to a Neve 1073 pre-amp... in other words... we followed the technological progression and made the mic a bit quieter, and a bit more open sounding [not harsh, not "forced bright"... but "open"].
The mic will retail in the US for $950 USD... the important parts are made and assembled in the US... stuff like the body tube, the clip, the cardboard and wooden boxes, the logo badge are all made in China.
We were hoping to have it out before X-Mas... now we're hoping by February.
There will be all kinds of poop and hoopla when we have everything ready to ship... in the meanwhile there are demo units available from Jukebox LTD. in Paris and Unity Audio in the UK... in the US, we're still working on it.
Peace.