U 67

Multi-Pattern Tube Condenser Microphone
The Neumann U 67 is a multipattern large-diaphragm condenser microphone with a tube-and-transformer topology. It was introduced by Neumann in 1960 with the intention of replacing the U 47 in Neumann’s product line.
U 67, disassembledThe new microphone, originally christened the U 60 for the year of its development, brought numerous innovations to market.
The K67 capsule, which since 1960 has become the most common and most copied condenser capsule in the world, was designed to avoid the challenges and costs of tuning the K47 so that both diaphragms produce identical frequency responses. Unlike the K47, the K67 utilizes a two-piece backplate, allowing the diaphragms to be tuned individually and then matched for equivalent response.
A -10dB pad was incorporated, in response to the trend of placing microphones closer to sources.