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Ultimately, the new Neumanns stuff is no more than a clone anyways. Their modern stuff is a shadow of their vintage stuff!
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I wouldn't go so far as to say that the new Neumanns are clones...they don't really have any intention of cloning their own models. Their current microphones are based on them in ways as they say, but they're certainly not clones. It seems like it would be easy for them to sit back and sell their older designs, but that doesn't seem to be what they're interested in.
As for their new stuff being a shadow of their old stuff, that's fairly subjective. It's true that many people do feel that way, but at the same time there are definitely a lot of people buying their new stuff as well, so somebody out there likes it. It will be interesting to see how people feel about their current designs ten or twenty years from now...
-Duardo