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Let’s start with a sleeper, a mic so rare that many have never heard of it, let alone used it. This model in Neumann’s line of solid-state small diaphragm mics stands out from the rest of the gentle, un-hyped KM8x series that commenced in the late 1960s. Its ‘wow’ factor has …

What company can safely use the word 'reissue' to name and shape a new mic after an old, without receiving ridicule or disdain from audio professionals and collectors? Of the remaining heritage brands, only Neumann can. AKG cannot, and Telefunken... well, that's an entirely …

...from a response I recently gave on another forum where the question was asked when to use the -10dB switch on a Neumann U87: The concept of how the pad switch on most transistor condenser mics works, and when to use it, is fairly simple to understand and implement: The -10dB …