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Originally Posted by Ty Ford
I've heard transformered and transformerless mics over the years and in the old days, that was basically true.
I've also been fooled by transformerless mics; thinking there must be a transformer in there. As such, I can't agree to your idea.
The TLM 67 is one such mic.
Regards,
Ty Ford
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I'm specifically referring to why the 184 sounds different than the 84. Sure, it's not true of all mics...but the 84 is an old design and the transformer was a big part of it's signature sound.
When Sennheiser revamped the Neumann line they went all transformerless with the new models. I, personally, think it changed a lot of the signature "neumann sound" in the race for lower self noise. I also think it made the new mics sound more Sennheiser than traditional Neumann. Maybe that was unavoidable. All that said, I do audio work for Sennheiser & I can say that they are fanatical about sound. They are serious about their mics. So they're goal is always to make things better.
I haven't used a TLM 67, so I can't comment on it. I may have even passed one over when choosing mics at various studios (I think Avatar had at least one...if I recall...or maybe that was a TLM 49...I don't remember now). A lot of it is because I've just trained myself to grab what I know (u87, u47, u87, m50, did I mention a u87?) Oddly I'm not a u67 fan, which may have been another reason i'd pass over a TLM 67.
And if I'm being totally honest, I'll typically choose either Schoeps or DPA SDCs before the Neumann KM or Sennheiser MKH stuff anyway. I really do like the Schoeps CMC a lot
Ok...I think I rambled...to the point where I forgot was I was getting at...but I'm guessing you figured that out a while ago