[BC] Saved from the dumpster (Older Broadcast/Recording Equipment)

[Steve]

If you're talking about Neumann Mics....they don't even fall into this 
category of Old/New. They stay NEW....well...I just had one rebuilt. They 
need new skins from time to time. However, while on the subject of Neumann. 
I bought a U-47 in 1971 with the original power supply for...are you ready? 
$200. I sold it 3 years ago on E-Bay for $4,600+. Why they stopped 
manufacturing it still remains a mystery to me. Maybe someone has the answer 
to that one. I use a U-87 every night for voice tracks. I had it rebuilt a 
few months ago by Klause Heyne. (the rebuild was $1600) WOW...does it sound 
good. Close the sound of my old U-47. I'm using the Orban Model 787-A 
Programmable Mic Processor. (gentle processing)


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Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: [BC] Saved from the dumpster!


> >To quote Geordi from Star Trek, while speaking to Scotty:
> >"Just because something's old doesn't mean you throw it away."
>
> >Willie...
>
> This discussion of older equipment, someof which is now immensely 
> valuable,
> got me to a-thinkin'..... who here has been lucky enough to prevent a 
> treasure
> from taking that eternal trip to the great landfill in the sky? I know of 
> at
> least one engineer friend who has salvaged LA-4s and a couple of Neumanns.
> Another took possession of a Gates limiter that years later fetched him a
> grand on eBay. I myself once dusted of a 44DX and donated it to an NCE who 
> had
> it rebuilt and uses it for live recording these days (sounds great with
> horns!). Anyone else care to share? If we've already done a similar thread 
> and
> I just missed it, ignore me and please go back to what you were doing ;)
>
> Chuck Dube, CBRE
> Amherst, MA
>
>
>
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