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Originally Posted by robertshaw  I have a 70 and 80's u87. Had a newer ai like a 2003 model, not even close to the real ones. Maybe the original ai was good. None that Ive used in the last ten years were good at all. If they were identical to the vintage ones why are there mods? The new ai seemed to have an higher output but a very muddy honky mic that failed the classic 'key' test everytime. 'oooh ooh half way there ooh ooh Living on a logo' |
I have a late 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s U87. If your old ones sound too different they need to be checked on. The vintage ones have lower output/more headroom and maybe a tiny bit more air. But otherwise they should be 95% the same mic sonically. Also there are no mods to make a U87ai closer to the vintage ones. The korby and klaus mods make the U87 a completely different mic. I have a korby one too.
Having said that, I'm not doubting what you're hearing. Maybe the newer U87ai you tried was from a bad batch ...