Telefunken USA CEO Toni Fishman with the company's new Telefunken Ela M12 microphone, which utilizes the GE 6072A vintage tube.
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Telefunken
USA Procures Last Large Cache of Vintage Tubes
South Windsor, CT, August, 2004 -- 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 which faithfully recreate the
legendary vintage Telefunken sound. Detailed reverse
engineering has produced not imitations, but meticulous
reissues of the classic Telefunken microphones.
"After exhaustive searching we were able
to purchase 4000 of the 6072A tubes," explained
Toni Fishman, CEO of Telefunken USA. "They
were labeled by GE in 1983, but were probably
manufactured ten years earlier. This tube is the
same one which was used by the great Austrian
microphone manufacturers and is basically the
heart of our new Telefunken USA microphones, including
our popular Ela M251 and our recently introduced
Ela M12. There is a supply of new tubes coming
out of Eastern Europe and Asia, but we don't feel
they come close to the performance of the vintage
6072A, and they don't last as long either. We
are very fortunate to have found this precious
stockpile, so that we can continue to build new
microphones with that classic Telefunken sound."
ABOUT TELEFUNKEN ELEKTROAKUSTIK
TELEFUNKEN | USA acquired the TELEFUNKEN Trademark for North America in 2001, and in 2009 the company was 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. Recreating the classic TELEFUNKEN microphones has been a labor of love for the company CEO, Toni Fishman and the pursuit of that dream has culminated in the manufacture of what we at TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik believe are the finest microphones currently available in the world today.
Along with meticulously manufacturing historic replicas of classic microphones by hand in the USA, TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik is now marketing the R-F-T series of microphones that take advantage of the globalization of technology, in order to offer recording microphones with professional sonic performance at reasonable prices.
Our latest additions to the TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik product line include a revolutionary new capsule design based on Alloy 2213™, an exceptional dynamic microphone [the M80], and a vacuum tube replacement for the original TELEFUNKEN VF14 which offers comparable performance in our U47 and new U48 microphones.
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik continues to expand, and research and development of new products is an ongoing process. Although based firmly on classic designs, TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik is continuously looking forward. Important changes in our company and further expansion of our product line are slated for the immediate future.
For more information about TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik, call 860.882.5919 or e-mail info@t-funk.com.
