Hey, can someone help identify this microphone.. It was used by an old 80's rock band from Germany or Switzerland. I've Googled the hell of images and can't for the life of me find it anywhere ! At first I thought it was a Neumann or Gefell, but the body looks like a Shure and the capsule cover appears to be angled or cone shaped. Not sure if that's because of the angle of photo, but I don't think so..
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Can someone identify this microphone ?
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- KVRAF
- 6780 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
looks very much like a u87 from the side
you can even see a portion of the square neumann logo at the bottom of your pic.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 93 posts since 15 Oct, 2010
Isn't it a bit too thin and angled at the plug end to be a Neumann ? The one in your picture looks too fat.Ploki wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:32 am looks very much like a u87 from the side
you can even see a portion of the square neumann logo at the bottom of your pic.
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- KVRAF
- 6780 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... juYk3lC9uTjp008 wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:36 amIsn't it a bit too thin and angled at the plug end to be a Neumann ? The one in your picture looks too fat.Ploki wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:32 am looks very much like a u87 from the side
you can even see a portion of the square neumann logo at the bottom of your pic.
don't think so. you can even see the squarish logo.
it's a neumann alright, could be the smaller cousin u89.
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- KVRAF
- 16827 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
The real question is: can you afford one? 
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 93 posts since 15 Oct, 2010
Don't need to. There's a few well known clones that are almost an exact ripoff of the U87. All it takes is a few component upgrades and bit of soldering skills.
Regardless, anyone who pays 2-3k for a microphone in 2019 is either very wealthy.. or an idiot. My opinion.
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- KVRAF
- 16827 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
And anyone that goes shopping for a mic, solely based on a photo made 35 years ago is not an idiot?? 
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- KVRAF
- 6780 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
Dunno, used a C12VR on a session a few weeks ago and it had something other cheaper mics didn't.jp008 wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:07 pm
Regardless, anyone who pays 2-3k for a microphone in 2019 is either very wealthy.. or an idiot. My opinion.
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- KVRist
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- 93 posts since 15 Oct, 2010
Who said I was shopping?BertKoor wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2019 5:13 pm And anyone that goes shopping for a mic, solely based on a photo made 35 years ago is not an idiot??
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- KVRist
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- 93 posts since 15 Oct, 2010
And what was it that it had ?Ploki wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:59 am Dunno, used a C12VR on a session a few weeks ago and it had something other cheaper mics didn't.
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- KVRAF
- 6780 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
finesse
I had an sE Gemini and Oktava MK012 next to it, and it wasn't even a competition.
However, it's super expensive, i wan't to try it next to a clone. (this one is borrowed from a friend)
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
they can have a certain sound but not if you are plugging it in to your focusrite scarlett in an untreated room through budget monitors...
to get the full effect you will want equally illustrious preamps and output.
so id imagine the people spending that much on a mic, have business concerns maybe. where it's good to have a selection of top of the range equipment, as selling points for your studio.
for hobbyists, yeah, maybe a lottery winner who had run out of space for speedboats
to get the full effect you will want equally illustrious preamps and output.
so id imagine the people spending that much on a mic, have business concerns maybe. where it's good to have a selection of top of the range equipment, as selling points for your studio.
for hobbyists, yeah, maybe a lottery winner who had run out of space for speedboats
