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Originally Posted by vernier  So far, no company has been able to reissue anything that is like the original, no matter what gear. Possibly an LA2A or some 1176 might be close, but thats about it. Mics?.. forget it. |
+1 Components are different. Sound is slightly different. When stacking up, it becomes more obvious.
Beyerdynamic MV740 (solid state, transformer, also discontinued) in use here (lovely room mic favourite application: blumlein pair) and it was said by some people here, that it's close. Personally, I'm happy either way (simular or not), but wanted to mention this, as it is less expensive, and often overlooked.
Thinking about it, what JimPerkins said might be true. A reissue would be ommitting their current line isn't as good as the "classics". Two possible snags: the tube isn't being made anymore (and certainly not at the level of quality as in the sixties-seventies), and the transformer would be different as well. The U67 was made up to 1995? That is news to me.
cheers,
R.