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Ye olde trashblitze almanacke: Microphones

This might one day turn into a really good herbarium of vintage mics from hell – a database of pictures, types and varieties of the sort of obsolete old microphones that nobody really cares about. Stay tuned!

Beyerdynamic, Wisdom from Trash

Beyer M31b ribbon microphone

Author Frans Stummer Date 12. February 2019
And today, trusted trashblitz research fellow Frans comes up with a mic so rare...
Tagged dynamic, Ribbon, Vintage | Leave a comment |
Pye

Pye tulip PTC 4000 / 4001

Author Frans Stummer Date 18. February 2018
The glorious Pye tulip microphone is the best thing to come out of Cambridge...
Tagged dynamic, medium impedance, public address, switch, table stand | Leave a comment |
AKG, Echolette

AKG D1000c

Author uherism Date 8. February 2018
Yes! Finally another golden microphone, and it was about time! The Austrian-made AKG D1000c...
Tagged bass rolloff switch, cardioid, public address, small tuchel | 1 Comment |
Audio Technica, Uher

Uher M534 A/5

Author uherism Date 25. January 2018
So, we all know the Uher M534 and its AKG lore by now –...
Tagged balanced, dynamic, fixed cable, OEM mic, stereo, tape recorder | 12 Comments |
Sennheiser, Telefunken

Sennheiser MD420-2

Author uherism Date 7. January 2017
Huh. A talkback mic which comes highly recommended for “beat groups and on stage...
Tagged bass rolloff, dynamic, gooseneck, large tuchel, public address, supercardioid | 3 Comments |
AEG, AKG, Philips, ReVox, Siemens, Telefunken, Uher

AKG D19

Author uherism Date 5. October 2016
Yeah, Ringo Starr had one as a mono overhead or on snare or toms...
Tagged broadcasting, DIN connector, dynamic, high impedance, tape recorder |
AKG, Grundig

Grundig GDM-311

Author uherism Date 19. September 2016
Wow, a “temperature resistant microphone”? Yup, that’s what the marketing blurb has to say...
Tagged balanced, DIN connector, fixed cable, omni, table stand, tape recorder | 2 Comments |
Archives: Objet trouvé, Weilisi

Weilisi DM-300

Author uherism Date 13. September 2016
Weilisi is a Chinese electronics company which builds and / or sells PA equipment,...
Tagged dynamic, XLR |
Archives: Objet trouvé, Peiker

Peiker PM 23

Author uherism Date 13. September 2016
The Peiker PM 23, also known as Peiker Kristall-Mikrofon 23, is a German piezo...
Tagged amphenol 1-pin, crystal, high impedance, table stand, tape recorder, weird jack |
Beyerdynamic, Schaub-Lorenz

Beyer M55

Author uherism Date 6. September 2016
I blame the Bauhaus movement and their ascetic principles regarding ornamentation and basically anything...
Tagged dynamic, fixed cable, omni, table stand |
Sennheiser, Telefunken

Telefunken M811

Author uherism Date 12. July 2016
Ah, it’s one of those microphones with a nickname, once again! Among senior German...
Tagged dynamic, hypercardioid, large tuchel, live sound reinforcement, OEM mic, reporter mic | 2 Comments |
Beyerdynamic

Beyerdynamic M300

Author uherism Date 4. July 2016
The Beyerdynamic M300 was probably released in the late 70s or early 80s (Beyerdynamic’s...
Tagged dynamic, live sound reinforcement, XLR |
Beyerdynamic

Beyer M80

Author uherism Date 20. April 2016
The Beyer M80 is the not-so-shiny cardioid version of the Beyer M55 – less...
Tagged balanced, cardioid, fixed cable, table stand, variable impedance | 1 Comment |
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Manufacturers
  • AEG
  • AKG
  • Audio Technica
  • Beag
  • Beyerdynamic
  • Bouyer
  • Dynacord
  • Echolette
  • Grundig
  • Kennet
  • Labor W
  • Lomo
  • MB
  • Monacor
  • Oktava
  • Others
  • Paso
  • Peiker
  • Philips
  • Prefer
  • Primo
  • Pye
  • RCF
  • ReVox
  • RFT
  • Saba
  • Schaub-Lorenz
  • Sennheiser
  • Siemens
  • Sony
  • Steffens
  • Telefunken
  • Uher
  • Universum
  • Weilisi
  • Winston
Taxonomy
amphenol 1-pin balanced bass rolloff bass rolloff switch battery broadcasting cardioid church audio crystal DIN connector dynamic electret condenser microphones fixed cable gooseneck high impedance hypercardioid inverted DIN connector large tuchel live sound reinforcement low-cut low impedance medium impedance multi-pattern OEM mic omni public address reporter mic Ribbon small tuchel stereo supercardioid switch table stand talkback tape recorder unbalanced variable impedance Vintage VU meter weird jack wireless XLR
Recent articles
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  • Uher M534 A/5
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