NWDR Neumann B-M49

[OneRoomStudio]

Not my sale, and way too rich for my blood, but there are some beautiful photographs of a very rare version of the M49 here:
Ultra rare NWDR Neumann B-M49 original M49 circa 1949, only 30 manufactured | Reverb
The custom-made socket for the Hiller MSC2 can clearly be seen, as can most of the other components.

 

[kingkorg]

Not my sale, and way too rich for my blood, but there are some beautiful photographs of a very rare version of the M49 here:
Ultra rare NWDR Neumann B-M49 original M49 circa 1949, only 30 manufactured | Reverb
The custom-made socket for the Hiller MSC2 can clearly be seen, as can most of the other components.

Awesome! No fing way that capsule is not at least re-skined.

 

[bremusound]

I really like that capsule holder!

 

[Tim Campbell]

Awesome! No fing way that capsule is not at least re-skined.

If you look you can see surface cracks in the gold on the capsule so it is not remembraned but it might be a later replacement. I have 2 original Berlin M7s and they are almost pristine.

More likely it has lead a very protected life.

 

[kingkorg]

Awesome in that case!

 

[soliloqueen]

@kingkorg that membrane is definitely original, the wall is just white. look at the reflection of the wire lead

 

[panman]

The custom-made socket for the Hiller MSC2 can clearly be seen, as can most of the other components.

Interesting! In-78 I managed to win an auction of six km54s. After the auction the guy who lost against me offered to sell me five more with a good price. They all had custom made sockets for AC701. So I had eleven of them. Initially only one of them was working, but with my then next to no knowledge and understanding, I managed to get four of them working just swapping the tubes. It was possible because of the sockets. Unfortunately all of the mics plus gear was stolen the next year.

 

[TwentyTrees]

...Unfortunately all of the mics plus gear was stolen the next year.

Damn, that's heartbreaking! I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

[rock soderstrom]

Damn, that's heartbreaking! I'm so sorry to hear that.

+1

 

[Tim Campbell]

Some proof that very old PVC can survive

 

[GeorgeToledo]

NWDR collaborated with MWL Maihak to make these early units. Neumann was licensed to do their version after; Großkopf gave Neumann exclusive rights to make the M49 after filing patent.

Herbert Großkopf wrote an interesting article about his development of the M49 way back at the time, that I have run across somewhere (FTZ, issue 5, 1950). There is also some really good material about this era of NWDR on some German site dedicated to NWDR.

 

[GeorgeToledo]

This is the site I was thinking of. Google translate is your friend if you can’t read German.

https://funkstunde.com/?cat=36

 

[OneRoomStudio]

This is the site I was thinking of. Google translate is your friend if you can’t read German.

https://funkstunde.com/?cat=36

Great pictures and story! From a purely technical standpoint, it must have been an incredibly exciting time to be an audio engineer/technician.