Holy Moses!!! Lucky ME!

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Beezoboy

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I just scored a Neumann U87i off Ebay for $1330 with shipping. This is not the Ai model but an honest to goodness U87. It is the one that has a place for a battery for phantom power.

A real U87 for $1330. And Yes I already have a C-1 :)

Beezoboy
 
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... A real U87 for $1330. And Yes I already have a C-1 :)

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So let us know if the C1 sounds EXACTLY like a U87! ;)

How about posting a review comparing them both?
 
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A real U87 for $1330. And Yes I already have a C-1 :)
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Then what the hell did you go spend all that money for on the u87? Don't you know they're the same damn thing? :D
 
Cool!
Lucky you indeed.
I think I saw that mike on e-bay too. I was going to bid on it, but I'm trying REAL hard not to buy anything new until after the studio is finished.
 
I knew you all would say that kind of stuff! No more of it or we will recreate the other U87 thread. This thread is supposed to be full of people offering me more money or at sex with their girl friends or something. Oh yeah, we are Homerecorders we don't have girlfriends cuz we spend everything on microphones and other seemingly useless things :(

Aside from ACTUALLY being able to do the C-1 and U87 comparison, does anyone think I got a good deal??

Beezoboy
 
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Aside from ACTUALLY being able to do the C-1 and U87 comparison, does anyone think I got a good deal??

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I would say an okay deal. Getting a (working) u87 for a thousand or under, that's holy grail.
 
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... does anyone think I got a good deal??

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Hmmm... well at the expense of having a few people throw up, I purchased a Neumann U77 twelve years ago. It is a multi-pattern 'T'-powered FET version made in 1967. It uses the same capsule as a U67. It was just about the time 'T' powering was on the way out with 48v phantom power coming into vogue and, as a result, the U87 rapidly took over from the U77. There doesn't appear to have been all that many U77's manufactured. While it sounds similar to an early U87, I find I actually prefer it over the 87. So how much did I pay for this baby? Well I bought it from a friend who had owned it for more than twenty years. He was an ex engineer who had been planning on setting up his own studio at home for years but finally lost interest and wound up liquidating all his collected gear.

How MUCH?... Well it wasn't working at the time so I dismantled it to check to see if the capsule was intact (which it was) then I took pot luck and handed over the cash and took it home to discover there was no polarizing voltage at the capsule. Closer inspection revealed a broken wire on the transformer in the DC-DC convertor circuit. A small dab of solder.. and VOILA!! One working mic!

So HOW MUCH?? Well I paid $300 Australian for it... that's about $175 US!

Here's a pic of the $175 Neumann!... http://clients.net2000.com.au/~rowmat/U77.jpg

I guess I'd better not say what I picked up the 451's and the Neve 3115 for... ;)

So did you get a good deal?... well in reality you probably didn't do too badly based on the realistic market price... my situation?... well that was UNREAL!

Oh and did I mention the KMS84i from the Cash Convertors store for $30?

Now I'm sure there still must be the odd U47,U67,C12 etc in a box at a local garage sale somewhere for maybe $50?

Well maybe not so many these days! ;)
 
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This thread is supposed to be full of people offering me more money or at sex with their girl friends or something. Oh yeah, we are Homerecorders we don't have girlfriends cuz we spend everything on microphones
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I'll let you have sex with my microphone.
 
chessrock said:
I'll let you have sex with my microphone.
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Q. What does a sound guy say while performing oral sex on his girlfriend?
A. "Check... check... One... two... three... testing!" ;)
 
pundit said:
Q. What does a sound guy say while performing oral sex on his girlfriend?
A. "Check... check... One... two... three... testing!" ;)
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Yea, well what does that same sound guy do while having sex with a Studio Projects C1?

A: Closes his eyes and pretends it's a U87. :D
 
Yo Beezo. Yeah, you got a good deal, assuming the mic's OK. After you've used it, then celebrate. And don't sell your C-1 just yet.-Richie
 
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Oh yeah, we are Homerecorders we don't have girlfriends cuz we spend everything on microphones and other seemingly useless things :(
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Hmmm... I'm starting to agree with you on that point. Check out the dearth of responses in the Cave to my thread: "Fantasy Women? How about the real thing!"
 
Man ever since I got seriou with this homerecording stuff, well, I haven't gotten laid. It is sad really. Maybe I got into it from the depression of braeking up with my last girlfreind.

Life WAS going good. I was in a band (still am) and the groupies were taking care of us all, well, except the bass player because he is way too picky at times. And then around Thanksgiving we started recording the first songs. By the time we were done with our 6 song demo, I was getting spider webs on my zipper.

Maybe this doesn't belong in the mic forum, but I think this might be a serious psycholigical condition. I might never have anyone to sleep with ever again.

Oh who cares I'll have a U87 laying next to me that I can say only cost me $1330. If it were a woman, I would say she cost me that every the 2 - 3 months. :) Anyway who needs sex? Right? RIGHT? (wipes foam from mouth)

Beezoboy

Caution this thread contains adult situations that could be too much for people who are young like Tubedude!
 
Beezoboy said:
I just scored a Neumann U87i off Ebay for $1330 with shipping.
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You're really going to hate me when I tell you that I scored a Blue Kiwi for only $25 ! ! ! !
























Best damn mic cable I've ever used.
 
Beezoboy said:
Man ever since I got seriou with this homerecording stuff, well, I haven't gotten laid. It is sad really. Maybe I got into it from the depression of braeking up with my last girlfreind.

Life WAS going good. I was in a band (still am) and the groupies were taking care of us all, well, except the bass player because he is way too picky at times. And then around Thanksgiving we started recording the first songs. By the time we were done with our 6 song demo, I was getting spider webs on my zipper.

Maybe this doesn't belong in the mic forum, but I think this might be a serious psycholigical condition. I might never have anyone to sleep with ever again.

Oh who cares I'll have a U87 laying next to me that I can say only cost me $1330. If it were a woman, I would say she cost me that every the 2 - 3 months. :) Anyway who needs sex? Right? RIGHT? (wipes foam from mouth)

Beezoboy

Caution this thread contains adult situations that could be too much for people who are young like Tubedude!
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Hmmm... If you're not careful you could turn from UNIdirectional into OMNIdirectional! ;)
 
No chance of that. I have STRONG rear rejection. Due to my nature no source can penetrate from the rear.

I would like to think I am dynamic though. The girls say I am smooth and less detailed than they might like though. I can come through in the toughest of situations and I might even do it better than one of those other types of guys. A girl knows she can always depend on me when no other guy fits the bill though.

It converations like these that confirm that I am never getting laid again!

Beezoboy
 
" I would like to think I am dynamic though. The girls say I am smooth and less detailed than they might like though. I can come through in the toughest of situations and I might even do it better than one of those other types of guys. A girl knows she can always depend on me when no other guy fits the bill though. "

Man you sound like contest #3 on Mallrats at the end of the movie where they are messing up the gameshow lol. Congrats on the neuman, maybe i will be able to afford one someday.
 
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It converations like these that confirm that I am never getting laid again!

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No doubt! It's time to see a microphone-abuse therapist!
 
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