Neumann.Berlin CMV 3 User manual

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CMV 3 – The Beginning

Georg Neumann founded his company 1928 in Berlin after

having invented the Reisz-Microphone. In his young Neumann

company he pursued the manufacture of a condenser micro-

phone, which soon was referred to as the “Neumann Bottle”.

The shape of the amplifier begged for the association with

the microphone’s nickname. It featured interchangeable

heads, so different microphone capsules with cardioid, fig-

ure-8 and omni directional patterns could be applied. These

M 7, M 8 and M 9 capsules acquired world-fame. Espe-

cially the M 7 capsule be-

came a hallmark for Neu-

mann. Using more modern

membrane material, it is

still being produced today

in Berlin as the K 49.

Many reports, some of

which made radio history,

were made with this micro-

phone, e.g. the report on

the 4 x 100 m women re-

lay race at the Olympic

Games 1936 in Berlin,

with the Germans clearly

leading, when suddenly they lost the baton; or the victory

and world record of Jesse Owens in the 100 m race. Cham-

berlain spoke into this microphone when returning from

Munich September 30, 1938, where he had tried to save

the peace, and a few years later Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter

addressed the “Völker der Welt... schaut auf diese Stadt”,

marking the beginning of the Berlin Blockade.

World history went on,

documented with assist-

ance of this Neumann mi-

crophone, produced from

the end of the 1920’s

through the 1940’s. After

the end of WW II some

members of the Neumann

staff returned to Berlin af-

ter having spent a couple of

years working in “exile” in

a place close to the Bavari-

an border. The old “Neu-

mann Bottle” was still the highly respected and desired con-

denser microphone manufactured by Neumann.

The CMV 3 was at the beginning of a proud tradition,

which Neumann consequently continued. In the near fu-

ture we intend to trace Neumann’s further steps along its

path to electro-acoustic excellence. Meanwhile, we hope

this glimpse into our archives has peaked your interest and

invite you to follow here the developments which built

upon the success of Georg Neumann’s initial product.

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