The year 1928 was an eventful one: Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan, Shirley Temple was born and immediately signed into contract with 20th Century Fox in perpetuity and Georg Neumann founded the microphone company that would make his family name synonymous with high-fidelity recording for the next 80 years. Coincidence? Yes!

To celebrate their four-scores of existence, the Georg Neumann company has introduced its newest mic design, the TLM 67. The TLM 67 touts the same K 67 capsule as the legendary U 67, used in countless jazz, rock and pop recordings in the 1960s, and couples it with the solid state, transformerless design of the TLM series (TLM designating TransformerLess Microphone). Neumann promises that the TLM circuitry will reproduce the sound of the tube-powered U 67 almost exactly.

As it has with its other anniversary microphones, Neumann has dressed the TLM 67 up for the occasion, giving the mic a snazzy, two-tone brushed metal finish. They've also affixed a commemorative plate to the front of the mic with features an embossed relief of Georg Neumann's hübsches Gesicht grinning with modest pride. Get a pair of TLM 67s for stereo recording and Punch & Judy puppet performances starring Georg and Georg!

The TLM 67 features a switchable polar pattern (cardioid, omni, figure 8), -10bd attenuation and a high pass filter switch. The capsule handles SPL up to 105 db, and the range of U 87 accessories -- shockmount, pop filter, etc. -- are all compatible with the TLM 67.