I believe one of those persons working the business is also an Andreas (Stenzel).Retires? What are you talking about? He passed away last year.
I believe one of those persons working the business is also an Andreas (Stenzel).Retires? What are you talking about? He passed away last year.
No,Call me crazy, but I was very happy that I liked my build better than the vintage one because of this.
the bv13 notoriously sucks, people were swapping it out even at the time. there's a reason almost nobody does recreations of it and just copies the t13 version insteadMy second mic diy build was one of the Dachman 87 kits with Dany's boards. It had 3U capsule and traffo. I compared it against a vintage Neumann 87i that a good friend owns and it was very close, with the dachman having a little edgier high end as others mention, but not far off. I then upgraded it with a real neumann K87 capsule and ami traffo, and compared back again. They were almost indistinguishable, with the only difference that mine had a very nice, extended low end, that I credited it to the AMI traffo. Call me crazy, but I was very happy that I liked my build better than the vintage one because of this.
I think that is open to discussion. The BV13 is part of the 87 sound.the bv13 notoriously sucks, people were swapping it out even at the time. there's a reason almost nobody does recreations of it and just copies the t13 version instead
Jeez! Look at the THD and at what level!I tend to not like the transformers using lams like the T13
https://www.tab-funkenwerk.org/product/t13/
i tend to agree with you honestly and am looking into reproducing the bv13 for my kit, i'm just providing context for the postI think that is open to discussion. The BV13 is part of the 87 sound.
https://groupdiy.com/threads/neumann-u87-transformer-bv-13.57351/
I tend to not like the transformers using lams like the T13
https://www.tab-funkenwerk.org/product/t13/
It is crucial to nail the shape of negative feedback filter which can depend on fet used, and as discussed above the headbasket. Extremely difficult if you go by ear. That being said i have no idea how accurate Beesneez or Dachman capsules are. Also u87 varies a lot in sound from piece to piece, so the chinese sound you describe could be just another version of the same mic.So I built one of the original Dachman kits when they first came out a couple years ago. It was a fun build, nice kit and looks good - but, we never thought it sounded great. For lack of a better word, it had a chinese high-end. So I bought and installed a Beezneez 87-type capsule ( before soliloqueen offered hers ). There was a very slight improvement in sound, but not enough to justify the cost of Ben's capsule. This made me wonder if something else in the kit's circuit needed improvement. My question is, would now installing the proper soliloqueen capsule, without changing anything else, bring this mic into usable/comparable territory?
I have the opportunity to buy a used 87ai locally for a very good price ($1600 USD). Has anyone had the Grosser mod done by the remaining staff after he passed away? I am really interested in this mod, but shipping to Germany from the US is expensive, and want to know if I can trust / expect positive results.I believe one of those persons working the business is also an Andreas (Stenzel).
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