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Same schematic, same sound, no compromise
Our engineers have given great importance to the schematics of the original vintage microphones, for the most perfect clones possible.
Easy to build
The tube microphones already have a power supply assembled and carefully calibrated in our workshops. A step-by-step assembly guide is available for download to make your job easier.
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Nice little challenges.. probably not recommended as a 1st DIY Project...
Nice little suitcase for it, and so nice to look at... and touch.
The sound is also just delicious
Take your time when building, if you are careful and doublechecking everything all will be fine. What you get is a beautifully sounding microphone with low noice. I am more than pleased!
It was just a great experience to build it.
Top quality components.. and then that little black, cute tube
Top delicious sound and just lovely to look at and touch
Je viens de construire mon second M49. Testé et approuvé. J' ai maintenant un couple d'exception !
Just so amazing to look at, and touch... and amazing sound... top quality components, and a very detailed guide... makes the build a highly addictive experience
Got this microphone over a month now and i'm trilled! This comes realy close with the original, who a friend of mine uses in his studio. We compared the two and it's almost indentical to the Ela M 251 from Telefunken. And for this price... awesome!! It's now my "go to" mic for solo singers.
I bought 2 Kits as (quite cheap) overheads. They do not disappoint. The sound seems very neutral, almost as if it is a SDC.
I have only yet used it on Speech, Guitar (Electric and Acoustic) and Vocals.
Sometimes I miss the big sound of a LDC as I'm used to that, but these mics just work well in any condition, take EQ incredibly well, have more resolution and pressure than anything else under 1000€ that I've heard....I'm happy, despite not being used to the sound signature yet.
Thumbs up! Great Kit! The boy is a tad smaller than expected, lovely and more heavy than the cheapo 30€ mics.
I never dreamed that I could own a 251 in my life. I received the kit today which was very well packed and I started building immediately. I have some diy experience so it went pretty fast. The build was very comprehensive and easy to do with the instructions. This is a beautiful mic to look at! But the most important thing. The sound… I’m blown away by the quality. I’ve worked with many condensers and never heard anything like this. It’s a very very good sounding mic. I like it better than any u47’s I’ve heard but maybe that’s just my taste. This has more of a pleasing curve to start with. This is truly ‘capturing’ what I want it to.
It fits my vocals amazingly. It’s super low noise and just deep and 3d.
I might post an update once I’ve worked with it longer. But for now consider me impressed
Bought a stereo pair of the M251 DIY kit. Never build a DIY kit of any sort before. Found it quite easy to put together the mic's, which is btw of superb quality. The mic's feels and sounds expensive, though their not...I'm so satisfied that I'm going to order the U67 kit in the near future🤩
watch out .. highly addictive .. my DIY no.2 .. M67 ... just so nice to look at and touch .. and I got it tested on 2 acoustic guitars ... wow, great sound ... enjoy me for further testing. It's certainly not the last Mic & Mod DIY I buy!
I bought this item to try out for a repair on an Audio Technica AT4040 microphone that has been broken for a long time. I had to drill 2 new mounting holes in the mic to allow the item to fit. It worked out perfectly and brought the mic back into use again.
Just had time assemble the kit, more testing end of October
Just so beautiful. Just to look at and touch and the sound from it is absolutely fantastic.
Top class components. and the building instructions are very detailed with nice pictures.
Very well made power supply that works flawlessly and easily. Thanks to the friendly, competent help from Mic&Mod, who provided a technician, the conversion to a heating voltage from 6.3 V to 4 V was possible.
Really happy with our stereo pair of the m87 mics. Can't personally compare it to the original vintage U87 as I've never used one but this build was easy enough for us to do with a few months of experience building guitar pedals. Happy with the sound and the materials are very solid and well made. Also like the box. Would definitely buy another kit or two from Mic and Mod
Sehr sorgfältig zusammengestellten Bausatz mit hochqualitativen Komponenten und sehr feinen Klang! Mit besten Grüßen H.H.
While I solder my own cables, never have built a DIY kit until this one. Good documentation made it easy. Worked first time I powered it up. Will probably get another model soon. The sound made my clients take notice!
The main criteria of a mic is the sound,and that fitts brilliant. A wide unexcited tubesound,without any overemphasis in the frequenzyspectra,nearly like an original U47 sound. The Price-performance ratio is excellent. I have two M47 those matched very good together (mostly as Drum overheads) ,there is no difference in sound to hear between these two mics.
Building was troublefree, instructions were excellent. A bit nervous I connected the microphone, and it worked flawlessly. I have no experience with valvemikes from AKG but with Neumann, and this one sounds very alike, but a bit smoother in the upper frequencies. A very nice sound indeed, almost no colouring at all. Impressive, and very satisfying.
Could easily rekommend this kit to anyone that knows how to handle a soldering iron!
In the 80s I worked with a country music artist who owned his own studio on music row. He had a large collection of Neumann microphones. Six U67s, U47, U48, pair of M50s and a pair of M49s. I’ve always liked the way the M49 sounded. It seems like it’s the “hidden Gem” of microphones. You don’t see very many in use, but they are so versatile. I guess that is the reason that drew me to it.
I have built four of the M9 kits already, and just ordered two more.
I’ve been very pleased with the way the M9 kit sounds. I actually was able to compare it to an original M49 at a local studio in Nashville. Everybody I played the comparison for agrees the M9 is in the same ballpark as the original M49.
One minor suggestion. I find that the capsule sits high in the basket compared to the original. If the side rails were shortened by 8mm +/- that would center the capsule more like the original.
Thank you for making a DIY kit that is not too difficult to build. The quality of the parts, especially the body, is superior!
It's a difficult kit to make, but it looks good.
The sound is like a 414 with a HI characteristic.
It's a very good response, so I'll try using it some more.
thank you.
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