Warm Audio produces an impressive selection of vintage-inspired mics from full-on valve recreations, such as the WA-67, through to more affordable transformerless designs, such as the multipattern ...

Regular readers will know that here at Hackaday we have a penchant for poking fun at the more silly end of the audiophile world, with its dubious accessories and purple prose. It’s worth remembering ...

NPR has this fascinating piece on the custom microphone building threaded with history of Neumann Microphones. Neumann made the smooth-sounding U47 that the Beatles recorded on almost exclusively on ...

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A new directional electrostatic microphone, type U 47, produced by the firm of Neumann in Berlin, incorporates the capsule originally designed for the type M 49 microphone but uses a cheaper form of ...

If you’re after an affordable and flexible Neumann U47 FET-inspired mic, this is a great option. It’s a bit short on bells and whistles, but the mic itself performs very well and is fantastic value.