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ranalog:
Hi, What can you tell me about the Telefunken "Schoeps" Elam 200/201 Microphone? I have a complete Mic w/large & small capsules, I was told these are very good sounding Microphones, yet strange in design,using the 6AU6 valve, and having the output transformer & caps. in the mic cable, I do not have the power supplie for it, but I do have original scamatics, should'nt be too hard to build a power supply, in any case is this one worth restoring??. do they sound good, I cant find much lit. on it I did find a ad in a 1957 Tele Tech magazine with it next to a u47, saying it was a slimmer designe ect.let me know your thoughts,  Thank you for your time,  Ranalog

David Satz:
You can find some basic information on this and other "vintage" Schoeps microphones on www.schoepsclassics.com.  That's one of Bernhard Vollmer's Web sites, and probably the next time he comes around here, he could tell you more about this model.

--Pardon my being a stickler, but I would really like to stamp out the writing of "Elam" all run together as if it were a word or a brand name. "Ela" (Elektroakustik[/i]) was the department of Telefunken which handled sound equipment, including public address systems, broadcast consoles and studio equipment; "M" was the prefix used for most microphones and microphone accessories represented in the "Ela" catalog.

Bernhard Vollmer:
The SCHOEPS M200 was manufactured in 1952. You find it described at http://www.schoepsclassics.de/1952.htm. Its 'strange' design results from its miniaturization. Putting the output transformer inline with the microphone's cable led to one of the smallest microphones then available (diameter only 23mm).

In the meantime it is about 52 years old and represents the state of technique of these days. It may sound well if it is working at its best but probably there will be some limitations. Creating a new power supply will surely be no deeper problem but you need the original in-line output transformer (which is not available as a spare part anymore). The capsules will also not reach their full specifications (if they work at all). So trying to restore them may be some kind of gamble (even for us).

ranalog:
Thank you for the Wonderful information, I am lucky. as I have the original cable W/the transformer and so on built in, as far as the capsules, the one in the picture of the mic, is the small one, the large one, is a 1" strange looking cage, but they both look to be in beautiful condition  "fingers crossed", I will attach a photo of the large capsule,  Thank you, Ranalog

Bernhard Vollmer:
.. this large capsule is a two-way system consisting of an omni and a figure-eight that can be switch to the omni resulting in a cardioid pattern. A very rare piece of technique ..

If you can take a picture on blank paper (white background) and mail it to me we can put it on our website www.schoepsclassics.com (as this picture is missing because we do not have one of these capsules in our museum).

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