So after a full service of a poor old 47 (Damage extensive had been used as a parts monster, capsule had no skin, etc) the capsule will go to Siegmund for a reskin, I’m not interested in a discussion about the sonic qualities of Thiersch capsules, I am, or was, planning on providing the owner with a reskin of the original and a new Neumann made K49 capsule with a mount from AMI.
I contacted Sennheiser here in the UK as I have many times before to order a new k49, only to be told Neumann will no longer supply them unless it’s part of a service undertaken by them at the factory.
I’m not about to send the microphone to Germany in the middle of covid, and now with the awfulness of Brexit customs it’s beyond the pale. Not to mention the £350 the owner has already paid me for the work.
I have sourced a new capsule locally and the mic will be completed once I receive the various parts.
I just wondered if anyone else had encountered this phenomenon? I presume someone at Neumann was getting a bit proprietorial about the Neumann brand and that person will no doubt move to another company and be proprietorial there.
Still it’s a bit of a shame that a company who’s always been great about parts should be so difficult