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1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 06:15:32 EDT Don Romano (alt)

   This is supposed to be the frequency response of a Neumann U 87. I don't buy it. Real frequency response curves don't look that neat, not even when averaged. This is a drawing of a frequency response curve. Neumann doesn't publish the actual measurements. It surprises me that no one's tested the living shit out of a U 87 in an anechoic chamber and published their findings, since it's such an iconic microphone.

   1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 06:19:48 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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      I found this plot of a U87Ai from Townsend Labs, belonging to an article I can't read because it's password protected. This is more like it. Actual measurements. This, averaged together for a large number of microphones, is what Neumann should be publishing as the frequency response for that microphone.