Neumann Sennheiser Factory Tour

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For those who may be interested in how a mic is made. Good article.

I saw microphones in every state of construction from beginning to end, from the shaping of raw metal stock, to capsule milling, clean room operations, final assembly, and anechoic chamber testing. I actually got to sit inside an anechoic chamber while a U87 Ai was being tested — but more on that in a bit.

That day, I took a great many photographs, with the understanding that I would need to submit them for approval before publication, lest I reveal a supplier or process whose details would be detrimental to the company’s financial well-being. This exercise was as quick and predictable as the German train system. And yet I never published the story, nor the photos, until now…
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Neumann Sennheiser Factory Tour | recording hacks
 
I was gonna make a smart-ass comment about defeating the purpose of an anechoic chamber by having someone sit in, but I see they've covered that. :(

Nice find.
Thanks.
 
Hey, it's not allowed to post links to p*rn sites here ;)

(I'm off to find some tissues 'cause I've made a mess...)
 
I'm about an hour from the plant in Connecticut ..... I need to go.
Earthworks microphones are about 10 minutes from me ..... been there a whole bunch of times.
 
moresound said:
I'm about an hour from the plant in Connecticut ..... I need to go.
Earthworks microphones are about 10 minutes from me ..... been there a whole bunch of times.
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Then thats where i'm gonna holiday next H. clear out the junk room the English are coming to stay
 
You can stay over at the studio! Or we did just paint the barn. :D
 
I wouldnt sleep in the studio i'd be like a rabbit in headlights and if a barns is good enough for jesus its good enough for me. Booking my tickets to new hampshire now lol
 
moresound said:
I'm about an hour from the plant in Connecticut ..... I need to go.
Earthworks microphones are about 10 minutes from me ..... been there a whole bunch of times.
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Do you take a lot of $1 bills every time you go there??? :D
 
And it's not even a citrus state...

The Callawy Corvettes are made there, too. And they make submarines just up the road. ( I wrote a song about a submarine!!)

... and that's about it for CT. Nothing else. :rolleyes:
 
moresound said:
I thought grey was the formal color.
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"Haze grey and underway" is only for targets... er... I mean surface ships.

We popped up in the middle of a russian taskforce returning to the Kola Peninsula one cold and dark winter night, during the height of the cold war. Everything was black, you just couldn't see anything. I was able to identify about 75% of their ships based solely on their running lights. I was on top of my game back then. They never knew we were there. It was pretty cool.

I never got into the yellow submarine album. I always thought the songs on that album were kind of goofy. heresy, I know.
 
Sneaky. I was on the other side of the spectrum as a demolition expert in the 82nd airborne division.
I basically jumped out of airplanes with explosives. How smart is that?
 
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