It is official: using a TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M 80 vocal mic and a Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar, Alex Carlin performed for 32 hours, earning him the new Guinness World Record for "Longest Concert by a Solo Artist." The extended show took place at the Pub Bourbon Street, Radomsko, Poland....
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International superstar Michael Buble surprised listeners of Hartford, CT's 96.5 fm WTIC radio when he broadcast a secret show from the studios of microphone manufacturer TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik. WTIC and TELEFUNKEN co-sponsored the intimate performance....
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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik's Winter NAMM product introduction is the new AR-51 large diaphragm tube condenser microphone. The AR-51 is TELEFUNKEN's latest addition to its affordably priced R-F-T line of tube mics.
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Long Island's Five Towns College has chosen 16 TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik microphones for its state-of-the-art recording studios and sound stages for film and television. The college, founded in 1974, is one of the few institutions in the U.S. to offer a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
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Troy Germano, owner of Germano Studios in NYC, has purchased two TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik large diaphragm tube CineMics. The matched pair are an interpretive recreation of the rare Stanley Church/MGM design, bringing the total number of TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik microphones to eight in the studios' extensive collection.
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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik of South Windsor, CT, introduced at AES 2009 the new ELA M 251T. The microphone features the new TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik CK-13™ capsule. While based up the classic ELA M 251 models, the ELA M 251T adds a very modern twist.
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Green Day's rigorous touring calls on the rugged new TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M80 dynamic microphone for all vocals and various instruments and on the smash hit album "21st Century Breakdown," all of Billie Joe Armstrong's vocals were recorded with his new TELEFUNKEN U-47, while all of Mike Dirnt's vocals used the new company's new ELA M 251.
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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik, industry leader in the meticulous reproduction of the masterpiece microphones of the past and the introduction of new classics, has been nominated in both categories of this years Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards: U-48 in Studio Mics and M80 in Sound Reinforcement Mics.
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The Dead, comprised of founding members of The Grateful Dead, have been touring extensively this year with the new M 80 dynamic mics from TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik. On January 1 this year, the Dead announced their touring schedule and the audio engineers decided to use them exclusively during this year's grueling tour.
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Rock supergroup Chickenfoot released their self-titled debut album June 5 and is supporting the project with a North American tour this summer. Recording with a new TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik ELA M 250 microphone, Sammy Hagar exclaimed "This is the best sounding mic I've ever used on my voice, and I've used 'em all."
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TELEFUNKEN USA has been named the Elektroakustik (translation: Electrical Acoustics) arm of TELEFUNKEN and awarded the exclusive rights to manufacture a wide variety of professional audio products and vacuum tubes bearing the TELEFUNKEN name, in over 27 countries worldwide.
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Ryan Tedder, lead singer of One Republic, at Cleveland's Ante Up Audio recorded with the new TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M251 classic reproduction of the legendary tube condenser microphone. Ante Up Audio's collection of choice microphones includes two Ela M251s,two M16s, two AK47s, an M80 and an RM-5C ribbon mic.
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Hip Hop-Funk-Soul-R&B star Cee-Lo Green is recording his forthcoming solo album in Miami with recording engineer/mixer Graham Marsh. For vocals, Green is exclusively using the new TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M 250, faithful reproduction of the classic microphone originally marketed in 1959.
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For the first time in 4 1/2 years, America's all time jam band Phish reunited for three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. On stage with Phish were the new M 80 dynamic mics from TELEFUNKEN | USA. "First thing we noticed was that we had an additional 8-10dB of gain in the monitor system over the previous stage mics we had been using."
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Duran Duran, one of the most succesful bands of the last three decades, has purchased a TELEFUNKEN USA Ela M251 large diaphragm tube microphone system. This faithful recreation of the classic microphone manufactured in the 50s is considered to be one of the most desirable of the enduring condenser tube microphones.
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TELEFUNKEN USA awarded two M 80 microphones as raffle prizes each day at the recent NAMM convention in Anaheim, CA. Participants entered to win by texting the word TELEFUNKEN and dropped by the booth to pick up their prizes. One of eight winners was Jeri Palumbo, Broadcast Audio Engineer/Field and RF Tech....
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Troy Germano, owner of the recently launched Germano Studios, has purchased the Telefunken | USA Ela M12 large diaphragm tube microphone. The fifth Telefunken USA microphone system in his extensive collection, the M 12 is built by hand in the USA to the original Austrian blueprints....
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Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead have lent their astounding singing talents to a new recording of Chuck Berry's Run Rudolph Run. "The 251 is just an amazing mic," says Brett Chassen. "It handled all of the vocal duties for this album, and there was such a wide variety of singing styles."
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Telefunken USA is proud to have received the TEC Award for Studio Microphone Technology at the latest AES convention in San Francisco, for our small diaphragm tube condenser microphone, the Telefunken ELA M 260. This is the fifth time Telefunken USA has been nominated for a TEC Award, and the second time we have been honored to receive the award.
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Brian Wilson returns this September to Capitol Records, his first record company, for the release of his new album, That Lucky Old Sun. Wilson and his music director Jeffrey Foskett chose 3 new microphones from Telefunken | USA for the landmark project.
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Award-winning Telefunken | USA has introduced the new Ela M 80 dynamic cardioid microphone. The extremely rugged M 80 is designed for both stage and studio, performance and recording. Its directional pickup pattern and wide frequency response yield a microphone that provides an ideal blend of functionality, isolation, and a distinctively pleasing tone.
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The new album by British artist Jamie Cullum, produced by Greg Wells, utilizes a pair of Telefunken | USA Ela M 250E mics, faithful reproductions of the classic microphone originally marketed in 1959.
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After extensive testing, popular Nashville engineer/producer Bil VornDick has purchased a pair of Telefunken | USA's small capsule Ela M260 condenser microphones. This new version of the classic 1959 microphone features a New Old Stock Telefunken EF-732 tube.
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Journey has recorded a Greatest Hits album plus an album of new material with engineer John Neff and producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley. Sessions employed the new Telefunken | USA U47 recreation of the legendary vintage tube large diaphragm condenser microphone.
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Jack Johnson's new album, Sleep Through The Static, with longtime engineer/mixer Robert Carranza, was recorded at his new facility in LA and at his studio in Hawaii, utilizing the U47 and Ela M 251 historic mic recreations
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Nick D'Virgilio, of Spock's Beard fame, and Mark Hornsby recorded The Colony of Slippermen at Java Jive Studio in Nashville, TN using some of Music Citys best musicians and taking the song in a whole new direction.
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Seattle's star DJ Bob Rivers has acquired a selection of Telefunken | USA microphones, including the crown jewel, his historic U47 recreation of the classic condenser tube microphone. Rivers is on the air daily from 5-10 AM and also hosts "Bob's Garage."
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Acclaimed producer and singer/songwriter Linda Perry has taken delivery of the Telefunken | USA Ela M 270, a new reproduction of one of the world's rarest microphones. Perry has the mic in use at her Kung Fu Gardens studios, where she also engineers her projects with such artists as Alicia Keys, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and Courtney Love.
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Goo Goo Dolls co-founder John Rzeznik had a Telefunken Ela M 270 stereo tube microphone personally delivered to him backstage by company founder and CEO Toni Fishman. The Goo Goo Dolls are in the middle of a three-month world tour and performed near Telefunken | USA headquarters in South Windsor, CT.
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The restoration of Frank Zappa's vintage mic collection, begun in 2005, is now complete. The project began with a visit and evaluation by Telefunken | USA CEO Toni Fishman and was completed by Charlie Bolois, the company's West Coast service specialist.
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Having been, literally, raised in his father’s recording studio, multi-platinum award winning producer/engineer Michael Seifert developed an appreciation for high-end audio gear at an early age. More interested in making records than playing with G.I. Joe’s, Michael never missed an opportunity to sit in on Bruce’s sessions.
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Two of pop music's all-time favorites, Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet have purchased a pair of Telefunken | USA Ela M 251F microphone systems. The new mics house vintage NOS tubes with dual membrane capsules and are meticulously engineered to provide the same extraordinary sonic performance and circuitry of the highly prized vintage tube originals.
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Austrian-born composer/producer Peter Wolf recently had his 1950s-era Telefunken 250 restored to perfect working order by Telefunken | USA. Wolf acquired the microphone nearly 30 years ago and for many years it was shown in a museum exhibit at AKG headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
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In Berlin, Germany 53 years ago, production of the rare VF14 tube was discontinued. After several years of research, design and prototype development, Telefunken USA is proud to announce that they have completed the first 100 test tubes of the new VF14K. Each tube has exceeded the 10000 hour long test time.
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Engineer and producer Steven Miller chose a matched pair of Telefunken | USA's R-F-T M16 MkII microphones for the recording of the upcoming studio album from The Dave Matthews Band. Sequestered at Matthew's Virginia studio, the band has been tracking the follow-up to 2005's hit album, Stand Up.
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Dweezil Zappa, well known for his attention to sonic excellence, chose a Telefunken | USA U47 for the recording of his new solo album of original material, which also includes music penned and previously recorded by Frank Zappa. The U47 is one of a new line microphones which faithfully recreates the legendary vintage Telefunken sound.
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Ringside, whose self-titled debut on Geffen Records yielded the hit single "Tired of Being Sorry," and the track "Struggle," which has become a widely heard jingle for Pontiac, is now in the studio working on their sophomore effort. The band is using two Telefunken microphones, one a rare 1950s vintage 250E two-pattern version...
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At the recent AES 2006 Convention in San Francisco, Telefunken | USA™ introduced the company's first ribbon microphone, the RM-5C. Telefunken states that the new mic, designed by Jerry Silvia and David Browning of Silvia Classics Microphones, represents a technical breakthrough in ribbon microphone construction.
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Toni Fishman offered Gearwire.com an inside peek into the design and construction of the legendary Ela M 251 microphone, as well as a discussion on other aspects of microphone design, at this year's AES conference in San Francisco, CA.
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Matt Scannell, songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist for Vertical Horizon, has purchased the new Telefunken | USA Ela M250 for the recording of the band's upcoming album. "It's the best mic I've ever sung through, and I've sung through original Telefunken microphones which can cost $30,000," says Scannell.
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The Telefunken USA Ela M 270, Ela M 251, U47 M and R-F-T M16MkII microphones have all been mentioned in the June issue of EQ Magazine. This month's "The Studio Issue" features a fantastic article about Alicia Keys and her New York studio The Oven, where engineer Ann Mincieli has been using an R-F-T M16MkII on Alicia's vocals, and the stereo Ela M 270 on grand piano.
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John Feldman, frontman of the enduring band Goldfinger, has purchased a perfectly matched pair of Telefunken | USA's new R-F-T M16 MkII microphones for his Foxy Studios in LA. The M16 is one of a new line of affordable microphones which faithfully recreate...
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Telefunken | USA™, the TEC Award-winning microphone company which faithfully recreates the vintage Telefunken sound, today introduced the new R-F-T AK47. This large diaphragm, tube microphone provides an exceptionally clean, warm tone, substantial gain, extraordinary low end, and extended high frequency response.
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Telefunken's R-F-T M16 Mk II microphone has been nominated for this year's TEC Award for Studio Microphone Technology. The annual TEC Awards are hosted by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio. Telefunken's new large diaphragm condenser microphone is a low-cost alternative to the Telefunken microphones...
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Seven-time Grammy-winner mixer/engineer Rafa Sardina has purchased a matched pair of Telefunken USA's Ela M12 recreations of the classic microphone manufactured in the 60s and considered one of the most desirable of the classic condenser tube microphones.
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Top producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli recorded the upcoming album by critically-acclaimed English artist Tom McRae, with executive producer Mike Hedges, at The Paramour estate in Los Angeles. Classic Equipment Rental...
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Telefunken USA has acquired what is believed to be the last large stock of vintage NOS (New Old Stock) 6072A General Electric tubes, manufactured to strict military/industrial standards. The 6072A is the premiere tube used in Telefunken USA's line of new microphones...
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Telefunken | USA™ is now offering their flagship microphone, the Ela M 251F, winner of the 2003 TEC Award for Studio Microphone excellence, in a new "no frills" package. The Ela M 251F microphone houses the same meticulously hand-crafted components...
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