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Monday, December 14, 2009
PSW Staff 12/14/09 11:45 AM, 1 CommentFollowing a worldwide search, TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik has discovered and acquired a substantial stock of the rare AC-701K vacuum tube used in the legendary ELA M 251 microphone. Originally designed by AKG and developed by TELEFUNKEN in the late 1950s, the ELA M 251 is the flagship model of TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik, today’s manufacturer of faithful historic recreations of the classic mics of the past. “We are now able to replenish the stock for our most popular microphone, just in time for… View this story
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Friday, November 06, 2009
PSW Staff 11/06/09 11:56 AM, 0 CommentsThe new Telefunken Elektroakustik ELA M 251T condenser tube microphone features the company’s CK-13 capsule, while based upon the classic ELA M 251 models. The new ELA M 251T features an implementation of Alloy 2213 as the diaphragm membrane material for the capsule. Alloy 2213 is an amalgam of Titanium and Aluminum, which was originally developed for the aerospace industry. Traditionally gold has been sputtered onto Mylar for the diaphragms of the historic CK-12 capsule, and by employing Alloy 2213,… View this story
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
PSW Staff 09/01/09 07:31 AM, 0 CommentsThe current tour by Green Day sees the band utilizing Telefunken Elektroakustic M80 dynamic microphones for all vocals and various instruments, while at Ocean Way Recording to record the album “21st Century Breakdown,” all of Billie Joe Armstrong’s vocals were recorded with his new Telefunken U-47 and all of Mike Dirnt’s vocals used the new company’s new ELA M 251. Both large diaphragm tube microphones are manufactured in the meticulous reproduction of masterpiece microphones of the past. “The M80s are… View this story
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
PSW Staff 06/04/09 11:28 AM, 0 CommentsThe Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 flagship Firewire interface is now shipping and widely available in stores across the U.S. The Liquid Saffire 56 has generated a great deal of excitement as it marries Focusrite’s Liquid technology with its new generation of Saffire interface technology (pioneered by the critically acclaimed Saffire Pro40). The Liquid Saffire 56 features two Liquid mic-pre-amps evolved from the original award winning Liquid Channel. Each Liquid pre-amp offers a choice of 10 different classic pre-amp emulations including… View this story
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
PSW Staff 05/27/09 01:16 PM, 0 CommentsTELEFUNKEN USA CEO Toni Fishman and Alan Veniscofsky, Director of Operations, recently returned from Frankfurt, Germany, where they attended a conference of the TELEFUNKEN worldwide Partner Alliance. Participants in the conference included TELEFUNKEN licensees from Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, various East European countries, Russia, Israel, Middle and Far East. A result of this conference is that TELEFUNKEN USA has now been named the Elektroakustik (translation: Electrical Acoustics) arm of the organization, and has also been awarded the exclusive rights… View this story
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Monday, May 11, 2009
PSW Staff 05/11/09 11:08 AM, 0 CommentsRyan Tedder, lead singer of One Republic, recently recorded with the new TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M251 condenser microphone at Cleveland’s Ante Up Audio. Ante Up Audio recently added two of the new Ela M251s in addition to other new TELEFUNKEN models including two M16s, two AK47s, an M80 and an RM-5C ribbon microphone. “We love these new microphones,” says Michael Seifert, owner and chief engineer of the Cleveland facility. “If you go with the originals, they’re extremely expensive and they’re… View this story
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Friday, February 20, 2009
PSW Staff 02/20/09 05:51 AM, 0 CommentsDuran Duran has purchased a TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M251 large diaphragm tube microphone system, a faithful recreation of the classic microphone manufactured in the 1950s that is considered to be one of the most desirable of the enduring condenser tube microphones. Kevin Walker of London’s Unity Audio provided technical support as TELEFUNKEN USA’s director of distribution in the United Kingdom. Duran Duran records often at Sphere Studios, where they discovered a sizeable collection of new TELEFUNKEN USA microphones, including the… View this story
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