

Most users do not need a license to operate this wireless microphone system. THREE DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: OMNI, CARDIOID AND FIGURE-8.PRESSURE-GRADIENT TRANSDUCER WITH DOUBLE MEMBRANE CAPSULE.VARIABLE LARGE DUAL DIAGHRAGM MICROPHONE.INCLUDED WITH THIS NEUMANN U87 #9846 IS AN ORIGINAL CASE (IT WAS THE CASE OF MIC “9847”), AND A STANDARD MOUNT (NOT A SHOCKMOUNT). HOWEVER, THE MIC HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND MAINTAINS THE LEGENDARY STANDARDS OF VINTAGE NEUMANN PRODUCTS. WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, THIS U87 DOES HAVE A COUPLE DINGS IN THE CASE AND ON THE SCREEN. THE FIRST U87 APPEARED IN 1967, THIS ONE WAS MANUFACTURED IN DECEMBER OF 1968-IT’S SERIAL NUMBER IS 9846. THE VINTAGE EARLY MODELS ARE PRIZED FOR THEIR SOUND AND UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. IT IS THE DEFINITIVE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY. THE U87 HAS BECOME THE ICON FOR THE NEUMANN REPUTATION OF SUPERIOR AUDIO ENGINEERING AND PRECISION MANUFACTURING. IT IS THE MICROPHONE OF CHOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL VOCALISTS, AND PREMIER RECORDING STUDIOS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

The model is still in production, with thousands in use throughout the world.NEUMANN U87 VINTAGE STUDIO MICROPHONE FROM THE U87’S GOLDEN ERAĪRGUABLY THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST WIDELY USED STUDIO MICROPHONE IN THE WORLD (FOR GOOD REASON). Once the TucheI output connector wás replaced with á standard XLR jáck, the mic wás designated U87 Ai. The result wás the new modeI U87A, which offered improved performance, with a 4 dB lower noise floor and an output that was 6 dB hotter. The U87s difficult-to-find 22.5V cells were removed and a DCDC converter was installed in its place. This was á major convenience, aIthough as phantom powér was not universaIly available in 1967 (Neumann had just introduced 48 VDC phantom powering the year before) the original U87 had a internal battery compartment housing two 22.5-volt batteries as an alternative to phantom power. In 1966, Bors team was asked to create a solid-state version of the U67. In 1960, Neumann launched the U67, a three-pattern tube mic for close-miking that was intended as a replacement for the U47. Since 2010, two digits are used to identify the year of manufacture. This can bé confusing because numbérs repeat every 10 years. Since the Iate 1970s, through 2009, all K6787870 are marked with a black paintfelt inscribed single digit, indicating the last digit of the year of manufacture (i.e.
