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Originally Posted by oceantracks I more or less grew up in studios. I was always singing through 67s and 87s, and to this day, even though the U67 I believe is a better overall mic, there is still some kind of quaility...I don't know what to call it....something in the transient response probably related to the excellent capsules, that I hear in the Neumanns. I really love it. It's a fast, sensitivity that I haven't heard in any other mic. |
...one cause of difference in quality between the mics of that Neumann era and modern mics is their history of orgins:
Today, if a company is designing a mic, they'll have to look at the market. Where to place their product, what are the needs of their potentially costumers. Which image, marketing strategy, RENTABILITY... bla, bla, bla... so the first point isn't always to build the very best product sonically (which I understand) but that of course doesn't mean that there will be no more good mics!
In the past the industry is knocking on Neumann's (and other companies) door and tell them what they want, in which quality range (only the very best... see IRT Book) which sound character... If they couldn't hold the standarts, they kicked their product out (that's what the broadcast industry did with the U67, because the found it too noise)... and looking at the big ordering rates, the companies have to give their very best to design their products.
Andreas