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[Satchwine]

Could someone please tell me about this capsule? Is it an M7? I can find ELA MZ 032/2 but not 031, are they different? Thanks Marcus

[afterlifestudios]

Hi, I have an MZ 032/2 and it's an M7 from before the war.  But I've never seen an 031/2 either.   Curious to find out...  Good luck,

[David Satz]

I believe it is a version of the figure-8 capsule which Neumann internally called "CM 7" and which the "brown books" of German broadcasting called "M 8"--a single-diaphragm, large-diaphragm design with a frequency range up to maybe 8 kHz.

But I don't have any Telefunken "ELA Sammelliste" or ELA price list showing a "/2" version of it. In the July, 1939 "ELA Sammelliste" the figure-8 capsule's designation was still "Ela MZ 031/1" while the other two in the series (the Ela MZ 026 and Ela MZ 032) had apparently just advanced from /1 to /2 since the previous year (relying on a different Telefunken publication). If "Ela MZ 031/2" was an official version then it must have been introduced during the war.

--best regards

[gtoledo3]

The product is listed in the comprehensive spreadsheet of Neumann mics and capsules that has been presented by Neumann representatives on this forum and elsewhere. I was able to quickly find a link to it here, and note that it is listed on the first page.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/6123256/overview-of-microphones-and-capsules-built-by-neumann-berlin-

[David Satz]

That version of Neumann's table is 20+ years out of date. The current version shows MZ 031/1 instead. (Of course I checked there!)

However, I think that both are very likely correct for different years at Telefunken.

--best regards