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Once again, there is a whole lot of misinformation on this thread.

A FLEA 47 is being sold new today for around $3900. This is not $5-8K as some have stated. If they actually talked to FLEA the posters who post $5-8K would know that this super quality mic is available for reasonable cost.
Did they really talk to FLEA? If so, why are they posting that the price is more than double what it really costs?

Also for detective posters and flies, you do not get to "qualify" the manufacturer by interrogating them about parts count or type. Neumann would refuse your request as would any manufacturer who wants to not swat flies away while they present a quality product to the customer. Posters such as you are not arbiters of taste or quality.

If you require an original Neumann u47 or AKG C12 or Neumann M49, go out and spend the money to obtain it. Here, I went out and spent the money to obtain Neumann M50 mics. I do not question what parts are used inside, I merely make recordings with these mics. The sound speaks for itself.

FLEA is making super quality mics of their own design. These microphones are offered to the engineering community at reasonable cost without the inflated pseudo pedigree of Ebay priced vintage "fetish objects."

Sadly today, one has to pay a lot of money for a genuine U47.
Go ahead and pay it you fussy posters. I know you won't.

The U47 cost $475 in NYC in the year it was introduced.