All Advertisers
| All Advertisers |
| Member Services Directory | Classifieds | Reviews | Jobs | Deal Zone | Merchandise | Marketplace | Facebook App | Books, DVDs & Gadgets | Video Vault | Tips & Techniques |
| |||||||
 New Reply | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
7th February 2012
| #1 |
| Gear addict  Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 358
Thread Starter | Gefell M71 made in GDR version
I just jumped on one of these that came up for sale. But now am learning, in retrospect, about the difference between the GDR made versus the made in Germany ones. Any "GDR" owners out there who can reassure me? I haven't received mine yet but am wondering if I made a mistake. It's from Madooma and was converted to 48 V by Andreas Grosser and also upgraded with a low-noise transistor. I love Gefell but now this whole GDR vs. Non-GDR thing has me a little skiddish....  |
|  |
|
7th February 2012
| #2 |
| Gear addict Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 358
Thread Starter |
okay, Martin at Madooma has assured me that the mic has been completely re-worked by Andreas Grosser and will be up to the Microtech Gefell standard |
|
| |
|
8th February 2012
| #3 |
| Gear addict Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 358
Thread Starter | |
|
| |
|
8th February 2012
| #4 |
| Lives for gear  |
All the "vintage" ones are made in GDR, so what... it only means they are older and some can have old age issues...  It is the same company, same technology, only the wall fell in between. The fact that some of the last transformer ones were made in now united Germany only means they are more current - but that could be a difference of a few years for some... Congratulations on getting a superb mic! You will be happy. Nice voice, back off with the "toob" though, it distorts when you shout. To re-assure you some more - some spoken word examples with my "made in GDR" MV692/UM70 non-XLR version: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/7417390-post10.html
__________________ "The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason." John Cage |
|
| |
|
8th February 2012
| #5 | ||
| Gear addict Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 358
Thread Starter | Quote:
man, now I know what people are referring to when they talk about the "creamy" mids of this mic.....  Quote:
| ||
|
| |
|
19th February 2012
| #6 |
| Gear addict Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 358
Thread Starter |
WOW Have been playing with this thing for about a week now....with the: A. Right mic placement and distance B. Right Pre-amp and pre-amp settings... .....the result is a sound which makes me see (hear) why this is so often compared to a vintage U87 VERY similar sound, even has that signature Neumann sheen and bite (but a lot more affordable) BUT...with the WRONG placement and settings.....sounds thin and un-exciting |
|
| |
|
19th February 2012
| #7 |
| Lives for gear  |
Sounds fantastic to me.
|
|
| |
New Reply 
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Pets in the studio (pics) | Jason Poulin | So much gear, so little time! | 1104 | 1 Week Ago 03:31 PM |
| Gus Dudgeon & wife dead in car accident | BevvyB | So much gear, so little time! | 15 | 24th October 2011 08:31 PM |
| gefell n691 power supply | floxe | So much gear, so little time! | 3 | 22nd March 2009 10:27 AM |
| PRO TOOLS 7.3 + REASON (REWIRE); IMPORTING SESSIONS FROM NEWER VERSION OF PRO TOOLS | woongsae | Music computers | 2 | 29th January 2007 06:05 PM |
| Albino3 - audio in as OSC1?? | Luko | Electronic Music Instruments & Electronic Music Production | 2 | 9th January 2007 05:45 AM |
| |
