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Originally Posted by alohachris
Aloha,
Neumann makes very, very good mikes. They used to make great mic's, IMO.
When I compared a new U87ai with a 1972 U87, they were two completely different mic's (I've made this comparison many times). People familiar with the warmth & versatility of vintage U87's are the ones who probably are harsher on the U87ai that they should be. But I am one among them.
And comparing the KM184 to a 1980 KM-84? Try it out for yourselves, guys. SIZZLE!
alohachris
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I've heard shoot outs over the years that confirm this. That's not to say the newer Neumann's aren't good mics; they'd just not quite as good as the old stuff. I think a lot of that is a scarcity of parts they used in the originals. For example, a quality nos VF14 tube for a vintage U47 will cost you in the neighborhood of $2K today and that price is only going to go up in the future as fewer and fewer are around.