Telefunken

Telfunken celebrates good times (come on) with the relaunch of the Telefunken U48 large-diaphragm tube microphone. The original U48 was created 50 years ago to sink enemy submarines . . . or something.  

Welcome to another ghastly edition of Gearwire Graveyard where Bill Holland disinters the history of the Trautonium. It's been making noise in film since the 1930's and is most famous for its use in a 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie you may have seen.  

Telefunken's U47 is one of their most well known microphone. At AES, Telefunken is showing the American Elite version of the U47 which features the VF14K metal tube. Alan Veniscofsky takes the U47 apart to show us what...  

Telefunken gave us a sneak peek into some new technology they're working on - solid state microphones! Aiming to "throw phantom power out the window," Telefunken is working on a bionic white that's still dressed in virgin...  

The Telefunken 216 Matrix microphone is really two M 16 microphones in one. What really sets the 216 Matrix apart is the special power supply which has a Matrix feature that turns on all four outputs for quadraphonic use...  

Telefunken is trying to break the SM58 stranglehold on stage with the introduction of their M80 dynamic microphone. To display its prowess, we pulled a bit of a switcheroo, exchanging Gearwire's usual microphone for one...  

Telefunken USA dishes on its mics aimed at the home studio user, their famous hand-assembled manufacturing on some models, and what the company does to reduce prices on other versions. Ever wondered what the difference is...  

Telefunken USA shows off its flagship 251 mic, reverse engineered from the original 1959 model. This legend is back in a major way, and the Telefunken rep shows off the mic with a look at the "naked" 251 to see how all...