I’ve always considered Neumann microphones to be the “gold standard,” but I’ve had little experience with them (save the U87). Georg Neumann founded the company in Berlin in 1928, and over the years ...

NPR has this fascinating piece on the custom microphone building threaded with history of Neumann Microphones. Neumann made the smooth-sounding U47 that the Beatles recorded on almost exclusively on ...

The Sennheiser MK4 condenser microphone has a large gold-plated diaphragm and is the perfect studio mic for vocals and voice-overs. In the world of high-end microphones, the kind that are used for ...

The Neumann TLM 103 D is the digital version of large-diaphragm condenser microphones often used for voice-overs or as an on-air mic in broadcast studios. The new model was designed for use with ...

If you're just tuning in, it's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. Now, we go back to a story we first heard a few years ago. It's about an object that's touched and transformed your ...