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Solution-D, the designation Neumann gives to its digital microphones, began with the model D-01, a studio model. Now, the Berlin-based maker of prestigious mics is bringing digital capability to its ...

Universally praised by recording engineers as one of the all-time “go-to” microphones in music history, Neumann’s U 87 has been used on countless records by a who’s who of legendary artists. [related] ...

OLD LYME, CONN.—Neumann decided to surprise AES attendees by debuting a new microphone, the TLM 107. The TLM 107 is a multipattern large diaphragm expected to be priced at $1,699.99. The mic is ...

Neumann’s new TLM 102 is exploring a new market for Neumann, the “entry level,” though its entry level is a bit different than most microphone makers’ entry level. The TLM 102 is a “large diaphragm” ...

Analog wizard Eric Schlaepfer send me this great video of a Neumann microphone being built. You even get a little of a hot tub being vacuum formed at the end. I love Discovery Channel. Now I want to ...

Neumann first introduced the U 47 microphone back in the late 1940s. Back then the microphone utilized a Telefunken VF14 pentode tube, but once the company’s supply of these tubes ran dry Neumann had ...

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 ...