U-87 Capsule re-skin?

[nielsk]

I Have a U-87 here with a bad capsule, can anyone re-skin one of these?

 

[e.oelberg]

thiersch-mic

 

[mad.ax]

+1!
Top service and fair price.

http://www.thiersch-mic.de/en/estm_service_cap_rl.html

Axel

 

[nielsk]

I will contact them,
Thanks

 

[telefunk]

Honestly, if I were you, i'd buy new original capsule. Re-skinned wil never sound like the original.

Is your U87 a vintage one? Meaning 1968-86 era.

 

[nielsk]

$800 from Nuemann

 

[bruno2000]

$800 from Nuemann

And probably not as good.
Best,
Bruno2000

 

[tubologic]

Honestly, if I were you, i'd buy new original capsule. Re-skinned wil never sound like the original.

... but still much closer to the original than the currently produced (and much more expensive) new replacement capsules. A "new" (non-original) capsule will also considerably lower the resale value of your U-87.

 

[mista min]

Honestly, if I were you, i'd buy new original capsule. Re-skinned wil never sound like the original.

Is your U87 a vintage one? Meaning 1968-86 era.

Why won't the reskinned sound like the original?  Really curious here.

Peace

 

[telefunk]

Honestly, if I were you, i'd buy new original capsule. Re-skinned wil never sound like the original.

... but still much closer to the original than the currently produced (and much more expensive) new replacement capsules. A "new" (non-original) capsule will also considerably lower the resale value of your U-87.

Funny, my original capsule and a new one from 2009 sounded exactly the same, after the vintage one was cleaned.

I disagree with the re-sale value, Neumann U87 with original Neumann parts are considered to be more expensive than the modded or ones with re-skinned capsules.

I have no idea why the re-skinned capsules sound different than the ones made in Neumann Berlin. But they do, not for better or worse, just different. Try them once and you'll know.

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