look familiar?

[pucho812]

They will clone anything these days, right down to looks.

https://reverb.com/item/50535975-ka...um-diaphragm-condenser-microphone-2020-manley

 

[Recording Engineer]

Yeah, I’ve seen them on Chinese sites for at least a couple years now under various brand and model names.

 

[groselicain]

"Built like 10 tanks"

Like the tanks on Tienanmen Square circa 1989, I'd bet.

You know, I've seen that seller on Reverb before, hawking that Chinese stuff several times in the past and I always get angry when I see their store description invoking 1776. Give me a break.

Sorry, the current geopolitical landscape has me in a bad mood—my apologies to those in China that have a heart.

 

[pucho812]

for those that are missing my OP, it looks like a Manley mic design. While one could argue there are only so many ways to do a mic, the look of this one and it's shock mount scream Manley. To joke on their slogan, made in china not chino.