anyone ever heard of a Neumann TV859?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3767772001&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1


91$ for two of them? i cant find any info. its only 30db of gain but ive never seen anything with a Neumann logo on it go for less than a few hundred.

what gives?

 

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errr... no one has heard of this pre huh?