I am glad Neumann did this. Too many other companies that have nothing to do with vintage originals made a lot of fuss lately. I actually think the price is fair compared to others. Not that i'm gonna buy one ;D
Anyway i'm surprised that Sennheiser allow that...
Maybe finally realised that they loose pretty big market and people just don't buy overpiced, ugly sounding, made for cheap tube transformerless weirdos...
I wish that Neumann will go that way for new models, just back to good old days designs!