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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik
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Diamond Series Overview
The Diamond Series features three primary microphone models that epitomize
vintage vacuum tube microphone technology, which characterize and color the
sounds of popular recorded music from the late 1940’s through today. These
three pillars of the vintage microphone world were selected to preserve their
legacy not only because of their extremely high delity sonic abilities, but also
because they exemplify the nearly gone culture of high quality manufacturing
and hand-made workmanship.
The Diamond Series is currently comprised of ve microphones; three main
models and two variants. They are the C12, ELA M 251E, ELA M 251T, U47
and U48. All of the parts for these microphones were reverse engineered
and recreated exactly to the originals in order to manufacture new models
and provide restoration parts for the vintage versions. The large majority of
the parts are custom tooled and machined in the USA, where TELEFUNKEN
Elektroakustik is located.
Every microphone is hand-built and assembled from the ground up and
tested in the TELEFUNKEN facility located in South Windsor, Connecticut.
Each microphone is individually wired point-to-point; no circuit boards to be
found here. Every plastic is riveted by hand, and each assembly is tapped
and screwed together by hand. Diamond Series microphones are produced in
smaller production runs to achieve the nest attention to detail.
The dream of TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik remains to preserve these iconic
microphones and their history, and to develop new microphone technology that
draws inspiration from them. TELEFUNKEN continues the tradition of producing
high delity recording instruments to benet the recording and performing world,
and to continue to characterize music for generations to come.
Vacuum Tube Information
TELEFUNKEN VF14K
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik Diamond Series microphones feature vacuum
tubes specially selected to properly mate electronically and sonically with
each model. All tubes used are burned-in and tested for noise and gain prior
to installation in South Windsor, CT. TELEFUNKEN maintains a large stock
of vacuum tubes and replacements that have been tested specically for
microphone use and are available directly.
Please visit www.t-funk.com/shop/vacuum-tubes for more information.
Manufactured to be a direct “plug and play” retrot for an original VF14M
tube with no modications to circuit, cable or power supply required, the
TELEFUNKEN VF14K is employed in the TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik U47 and
U48 microphones.
After considerable research, TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik located a glass tube,
of obscure origin, originally manufactured for use in transoceanic telephone
transmission. This is not a Nuvistor tube, nor an EF86, both of which have
been previously used as substitutes for original VF14’s. This tube captures all
of the “magic”, “vibe” and “mojo” of the original tube, with the resulting sonic
characteristics being extremely close to the original VF14, with nearly identical
gain and distortion measurements.
The Telefunken VF14K has a 5-year manufacture’s warranty with TELEFUNKEN
Elektroakustik.
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