NeumannBerlin Microphone 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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