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Researching some vintage Neumann documents, I came across a surprisingly erotic illustration of an androgynous hand stroking a CMV-563. Was this intentional? Weigh in in the comments.

Check out the Violet Designs story, a 5-minute video that you can send off to the company for, or watch here for free. Includes some nice images of Janis Zurins’ capsule designs, and the Violet factory in Latvia (or Estonia, whichever).

The mic database now has popup frequency-graph images… a long time coming, here they finally are.

Happy anniversary to me! And, what’s in store for year #2.

Now, search for transformerless mics (or transformer-coupled, your choice) via the microphone search engine.

Here’s a roundup of the 10 coolest new mics from NAMM 2009, and one mic I didn’t see but really meant to. New products from Royer, Mojave, MXL, Avant, ADK/3 Zigma, and Lauten, with photos, full specs, and insider info from my conversations with David Royer, Larry Villella, Ken Avant, and Brian Loudenslager.