NeumannU 67 Set
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$7,595
Used market: $5,925*
Specifications
2 of 9 values have a recorded sourceExpert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The 1960 tube reissue, built around the EF86 and the original K67 capsule. Three patterns with three separate sensitivity and noise figures - Neumann does name which is which here, unlike on its own multi-pattern transistor models.
Gain staging
Cardioid is the loud pattern: 24 mV/Pa against 15 in omni and 16 in figure-8, i.e. switching to omni costs you 4 dB of level and 4 dB of noise floor at once. Max SPL in cardioid is only 114 dB without the pad - this is not a mic for a snare.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Supply voltage (P48, IEC 61938) 48 V ± 4 V»
The specification table of a tube microphone carries the phantom-power row of Neumann's transistor models, while the connector row of the same table reads «Microphone: spec. 7pin, Power Supply: XLR 3 F» and the body text of the same page says the NU 67 V power supply «automatically adapts to the local mains voltage». A U 67 plugged into a P48 preamp does not work; the 48 V row describes no state this microphone has.
checked 8/6/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).