How you say Neumann...

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Ok guys.
Neumann mikes

Do you say
"New-man" (like the last name)
or
"Noy-mAn"

Don't wanna make a fool of myself in Guitar Center.
(again) :D

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Is it possible to make a fool of yourself in guitar center? Chances are, if you pronounce it correctly (noy-men), the 15 year old behind the counter will have no idea what you are talking about.
 
The correct pronunciation is "noy-man"...

If you really wanna fuck'em up - ask for a Scheops!


Bruce
 
Thanks Guys!
You are right though Charg...
Most of em don't know squat from shit.

And the ones that do know, think they know it all.

(man i sure hope there ain't any GC employees here)

Actually there are a few here in the Hollywood Fl. store that
do know their stuff.

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I don't even know how to begin pronouncing Brüel & Kjær (B&K mics). *shrug* :)
 
Sometimes when I'm buying something at Guitar Center, the employee with flash back to their last job and ask "would you like to super-size that for an extra 35 cents ?"
 
Closest would be "Noy-mahn.

Brüel & Kjær is pronounced "Brool and Car".
 
Harvey Gerst said:
Brüel & Kjær is pronounced "Brool and Car".
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Serious, Harvey, wouldn't it be more like "Breu-well and Kjair"????
 
In LA, I had a lot of B&K test equipment, and the B&K rep always said "Brool and Car", or at least, that's how it sounded to my ear.
When I moved to Texas, the B&K rep also made it sound like "Brool and Car" although it could have been close to Broo-wahl and Khar".

Whenever I said "Brool and Car", neither of them ever corrected me, but that may have just been because they were nice guys.
 
I have a son named Alex who is a great producer/engineer in his own right.
 
I humbly suggest (german is my native language):
Noy-m[a]n (the german "a" is pronounced like the a in *british* english "cast", i.e short, not long like the a in "father", albeit the same sound)

Schoeps: the "oe" is a vowel that doesn't exist in the english language, the "e" in "her" comes close. For those of you who speak french: It's very similar to the eu in "neuf".
"Sch" is the same as the sh in "shop"

Brüel Kjaer should simply sound as if you had a severe throat inflamation. My mother in Law is Danish teacher, this language sounds really weird.

What about Mikrofonbau Haun Obrigheim (mbho)
:)

greetings
Harald
 
I have a son named Alex who is a great producer/engineer in his own right.
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Cool. Say hi to him for me. He recorded a song for my band a few years ago at some studio in Dallas, or maybe Denton. The band was Hydrovibe (I've since moved on). He was great - lots of patience and a bit of a perfectionist (definitely a good thing). He suffered through my numerous drum takes, so he gets an A in my book, plus that song was the best sounding sound we ever recorded, IMO.
 
cominginsecond said:
It's pronounced "New Maine". Really.
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This is the dumbest thing (about the Neumann-pronounciation) I've ever heard! ;)
I live in the Netherlands (next to Germany) and I speak a little bit German. At least I know how the German language sounds. Very hard and aggressive.
"New Maine" come ON! The Brooklyn-accent version of "Norman" would even be closer...
"Noi-munn" (the 'A' in Neumann is almost Jamaican-sounding when they say "man".

This is a decent one:
"Noy-mahn"
 
oops

I was just scrolling up this thread (to re-read my $$-joke :D ) and I saw Harvey Gerst already said "Noy-mahn". So, I came up with it myself INDEPENDENTLY! But, comingsecond, when 2 people come up with the same thing, 1 of them being a recording guru from Texas, and the other being a recording-novice living close to Germany, odds are that they're pretty right!
 
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