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Highlights from the 1971 AES Convention

chris — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:10:09 +0000

,,,and today, perhaps unsurprisingly: some of the new kit unveiled in 1971 at the NYC AES show, also via DB mag. Of note: Auto-Tec, Scully, Ampex and 3M intro’d new 16-track machines, Neve made a push for a new console (would this have been the series 80?), AKG introduced the BX-20 reverb, Melcor showed its model 5001 electronic reverb (anyone???), and a new company called Eventide introduced a digital pitch-shift device! The Neumann U47-fet and Sennheiser MHK-815 mics were introduced, as were the Marantz 500 and Crown M2000 power amplifiers.

Click here to DL a pdf of the proceedings: AES_1971_DBmag

There is just a shit-tonne more of this stuff, so click the link below to READ ON;;;;;

Neumann FET 80 Condensor Microphones c.1973

chris — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:01:24 +0000

Download the 6pp 1973 Neumann FET 80 microphone catalog:

DOWNLOAD: Neumann_Fet80_1973

Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Neumann KM 83, KM 84, KM 85, 87, and 88; KMS 85; U87, U47 FET, SM 69 FET, and KMA lav mic.

I have a U87 from this first era, and although it has its share of scars, it never fails to impress. Expensive but worth it… these things just WORK.

For our scan of the 1980 Neumann FET 80 catalog, click here…

When they were young: introducing a few audio classics

chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:17:29 +0000

Circa 1970: The API 512, Shure SM58, Neumann FET 47, and Urei LA-3A all have got something to prove to you.

Neumann AM32B Lathe: 1961

chris — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:15:57 +0000

Although Scully seems to have dominated the US lathe market in the 1950s and 1960s, every time I have personally attended an LP mastering session (maybe a dozen times), I have seen a Neumann used. Any of you LP mastering folk prefer Scully brand to Neumann these days?

Neumann Microphones of the early 1960s

chris — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:46:53 +0000

Above: the Neumann U-67 is announced. The U67 was the ‘bridge’ between the earlier U47 and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous U-87. Like the U-47 it is a tube mic. A U-67 just sold on eBay for $7k, which is not too surprising. It’s possible to turn up cheap U87s from time to time but the U67 had a much shorter run and not the same level of popularity.

Above: the Neumann KM-54, KM-56, SM-2, U-67, M-49b, and M-269 microphones.

Another announcement ad for the U-67.

Neumann FET 80 Microphone Catalog Circa 1980

chris — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:18:02 +0000

Download the eight-page Neumann FET 80 catalog:

DOWNLOAD: Neumann_fet_80_Catalog

Features, photos and specs on the following models: KM 83, 84, 85; KM 86 and 88; KMS 84; KMF 4 i; TLM 170; U 47 fet; U 87 i; U 89i; SM 69 fet; USM 69 i; KU 81 i ‘Dummy Head’ ; KMR 81 i; KMR 82 1; and all associated accessories of the era.