Must haves, nice-to-haves, gas-inducing posts welcome here.
No need to raise the flag on who's got one of these, what's important is that we know what's out there so that we can make an educated choice should we reach the point that we can afford one of these. Let's just say that in this thread, price is not an option but if you can afford 'em, more power to you! (and let's do a shootout sometime!
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So let me start with a couple of "re-makes". These 2 are based on the classic Neumann U47, the first is the
Pearlman TM-1
"A large diaphragm, 6 micron, gold sputtered capsule sends the incoming signal to a New Old Stock WWII Vintage Telefunken metal tube (electrically identical, except for the heater voltage, to the very expensive Telefunken VF14 used in the famous Neumann U47) to the hand-wired circuit which includes selected WIMA polypropylene coupling capacitors to a state of the art output transformer custom designed by either the wonderful folks at CINEMAG Transformers in Los Angeles or by the Tamura Transformer Company.
This is NOT an assembly line microphone; each unit is hand-wired, point to point, and voltage tuned for maximum performance. The microphones were originally built to fill the need for more high quality tube microphones and are now in demand by everyone who has heard them."
And the
Peluso 22 47 Limited Edition
"This microphone is inspired by and styled after the "Neumann U-47", which was modified by German Radio in the '70s to incorporate a glass triode tube. That modification brought it up to broadcast standards. The Peluso 22 47 has the additional feature of 9 polar patterns, controlled from the power supply. It captures the low frequency nuances of the original "47" with smooth mids and balanced highs."
