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Originally Posted by Martin Kantola

Hi Jeroko,

excellent questions! As for the name, it did start out as a private project to re-create the U47 (please see my earlier post), but didn't stop there. When the whole thing got a lot more serious I was kind of stuck with the name. :-) Anyway, as you seem to agree, the U47 is a very special microphone, and there are many aspects of the original design and concept that are simply superb. My wish and goal has always been that the NU-47 shares some of these qualities.

You are absolutely right that a pristine U47 needs no improvement! If you have one of these, you sure don't need a replacement.

The only problem is that there are not enough pristine 47's around anymore, and because of dying PVC-capsules and rare NOS VF14-tubes they are becoming fewer all the time. In the late 50's most U-47's were very reliable and probably all sounded great, but this is not the case anymore unfortunately.

There are some other issues I've addressed in the new design.

The sound of the NU-47 does not change with the line voltage. In the latest version you can have a figure-of-8 pattern without compromising the cardioid-only performance. As for the sound, everybody should hear and judge for themselves. I wanted to make the NU-47 good enough a microphone to allow my dear old U-47 to retire when it's time. Bruce Swedien says he actually prefers the NU-47, and that sure makes me feel I've achieved my original goal!


Martin

Martin,thanks for your time posting here..

question: ..are you gonna make anymore?