Poctop VF14 Coming Soon

[MasterEvan07]

I saw this posted several days ago on IG and figured there'd be discussion on here but I haven't seen any!

 

[SIXTYNINER]

Really curious to compare it with an original "Helmet" (VF!4) .

 

[ZHOUJUN]

Looking forward to it, it would be nice if it was a glass tube.

 

[Recording Engineer]

I’m curious if these will be available for sale individually or sold only with his entire kit; like his bodies.

 

[Barry Hufker]

Please pardon a naive question I mean with the best intention: Why do we believe these will be actual VF14s? What is the technology behind them?

 

[Recording Engineer]

Please pardon a naive question I mean with the best intention: Why do we believe these will be actual VF14s? What is the technology behind them?

I don’t think anyone believes they are or sure what the technology is.

 

[RuudNL]

I have 'inside information' that Telefunken is planning to recreate a VF14.
Now let's hope that it will be a real one, not a glass tube inside the housing of a metal tube, like they did before...

 

[Recording Engineer]

I have 'inside information' that Telefunken is planning to recreate a VF14.
Now let's hope that it will be a real one, not a glass tube inside the housing of a metal tube, like they did before...

Anyone wanna wager how that they’ll charge for it; after the $30k 670?

 

[gyraf]

"Telefunken" are so full of it..

 

[spiders]

Anyone wanna wager how that they’ll charge for it; after the $30k 670?

I don't see any way it could be anything but quite expensive. Beyond the fact that the price for an original is equivalent to a boat payment or an actual small boat, I doubt there is a wide enough market to support a big run of these

 

[cyrano]

I have 'inside information' that Telefunken is planning to recreate a VF14.
Now let's hope that it will be a real one, not a glass tube inside the housing of a metal tube, like they did before...

Really?

Oh, wait. Telefunken no longer exists. So you mean Telefunken USA?

 

[LevinGuitar]

I have 'inside information' that Telefunken is planning to recreate a VF14.
Now let's hope that it will be a real one, not a glass tube inside the housing of a metal tube, like they did before...

No way, really. They can ask some vaccum tube factories to do it (how many left worldwide?), but they will not build a factory to do them themselves.

Also, to my guess, a 701 production would be more interesting and more profitable. I wonder how many top mic brands would love to buy them...

 

[OneRoomStudio]

If most people don’t even like new-construction 6072s, why would any company expect new-construction VF14s to get the seal of approval?

 

[Purplenoise]

If most people don’t even like new-construction 6072s, why would any company expect new-construction VF14s to get the seal of approval?

Because by now very few people will have a point of reference haha…swapping 6072s and hearing the difference is still quite easy …but vf14s not so much

 

[OneRoomStudio]

Because by now very few people will have a point of reference haha…swapping 6072s and hearing the difference is still quite easy …but vf14s not so much

True. I guess at some point (fairly soon), *any* VF14 is better than none.

 

[Delta Sigma]

No way, really. They can ask some vaccum tube factories to do it (how many left worldwide?), but they will not build a factory to do them themselves.

Also, to my guess, a 701 production would be more interesting and more profitable. I wonder how many top mic brands would love to buy them...

THIS.
AC701 would be way more useful.

Reading a summary on the Telefunken steel tube manufacturing, it seems very unlikely that the VF14 could be recreated. I'm assuming the 701 would be more realistic to get manufactured.

 

[gyraf]

..this theme comes up on a regular basis, some tech-optimists thinking "how hard could it be, it's old technology"

But I think the making of really good audio/signal tubes is pretty much a lost art

 

[rock soderstrom]

..this theme comes up on a regular basis, some tech-optimists thinking "how hard could it be, it's old technology"

But I think the making of really good audio/signal tubes is pretty much a lost art

This and if someone somehow manages to do it, it will be incredibly expensive. I can't really see the point. I'm happy about every tube that rises from the dead, but it has to remain affordable, otherwise the existing alternatives are much more interesting. Tubes for microphones usually means selection.

 

[RuudNL]

Oh, wait. Telefunken no longer exists. So you mean Telefunken USA?

That's (unfortunately) the only 'Telefunken' we have nowadays...

 

[poctop]

Hi All, I promised i will give more info on this Device once it passes all of our internal control test. Stay Tuned, we are almost done , as i dont want to jinx this.
Best,
Dany,