Michael,
I was pretty sure you were going to say that it was Andreas Grosser. A friend of mine just met with him a month ago about a U57 microphone and was very, very impressed. Grosser also didn't have many nice things to say about many of the American guys modifying and selling parts for old German mics (actually, many of these guys are Germans who now live in America). That statement can be a bit misleading, so let me clarify- I won't get any more specific other than to say Mr. Grosser very respectfully declined to say much of anything and definitely nothing positive about modifications being done in the States by many of the "experts". He refused to talk a lot of shit, but it was apparent he did not approve and gave examples of things, but did not mention names. He seems very much like a purist though, who trusts the original designers and the parts they used, which is the opposite attitude of the guys in the States. That was my second-hand impression, so that could be off-base, I don't know. I really don't know who to believe on issues with the old East German tube mics. There is just so much conflicting information out there.
Have you heard your new mic? How do you like it? Can you compare it to some other mics that you've heard? How do you like the sound of the original output transformer compared to the U67 transformer?
Friends of friends of mine rescued loads of old tube mics in the trash after the wall fell out at the old East German TV complex in Köpenick, and at other places as well. Wow, what a time it must have been to be an audio engineer in Berlin and even all over Germany in 1989 and 1990!
I was pretty sure you were going to say that it was Andreas Grosser. A friend of mine just met with him a month ago about a U57 microphone and was very, very impressed. Grosser also didn't have many nice things to say about many of the American guys modifying and selling parts for old German mics (actually, many of these guys are Germans who now live in America). That statement can be a bit misleading, so let me clarify- I won't get any more specific other than to say Mr. Grosser very respectfully declined to say much of anything and definitely nothing positive about modifications being done in the States by many of the "experts". He refused to talk a lot of shit, but it was apparent he did not approve and gave examples of things, but did not mention names. He seems very much like a purist though, who trusts the original designers and the parts they used, which is the opposite attitude of the guys in the States. That was my second-hand impression, so that could be off-base, I don't know. I really don't know who to believe on issues with the old East German tube mics. There is just so much conflicting information out there.
Have you heard your new mic? How do you like it? Can you compare it to some other mics that you've heard? How do you like the sound of the original output transformer compared to the U67 transformer?
Friends of friends of mine rescued loads of old tube mics in the trash after the wall fell out at the old East German TV complex in Köpenick, and at other places as well. Wow, what a time it must have been to be an audio engineer in Berlin and even all over Germany in 1989 and 1990!