Could you give a rough estimate on the cost of the repair? I need to have mine repaired and was wondering what I'd be looking at before sending across country.
That can vary widely depending upon the issue. My guess would be a capsule cleaning, perhaps with minor repair would be a few hundred dollars. I think this is the 'typical' service. If you need new capsules, they are over $1000 for real OEM parts. My mics needed a major overhaul and were about $1500-1800/ea to restore to better than new condition with all new (real) Neumann factory parts. I needed new capsules and a handful of replacement component parts, plus some mechanical parts to look as new - a major overhaul. They're awesome now. I figured, what good is the mic if it's not working perfectly. The service gives me a brand new, but actually vintage U87, for less than half the price of a new 87iA. I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
Thanks -- That's an option I considered, but Tom was one of the lead people at Neumann repair for decades, and is considered one of the worlds experts on repair of these mics. I'd prefer to communicate directly with the guy who's doing the work, and not have the mics assigned to some random tech. Also, I think his rates are lower than sending to Sennheiser. I know Tom does meticulous work, and I assume Sennheiser would as well.
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Could you give a rough estimate on the cost of the repair? I need to have mine repaired and was wondering what I'd be looking at before sending across country.
That can vary widely depending upon the issue. My guess would be a capsule cleaning, perhaps with minor repair would be a few hundred dollars. I think this is the 'typical' service.
If you need new capsules, they are over $1000 for real OEM parts. My mics needed a major overhaul and were about $1500-1800/ea to restore to better than new condition with all new (real) Neumann factory parts. I needed new capsules and a handful of replacement component parts, plus some mechanical parts to look as new - a major overhaul. They're awesome now.
I figured, what good is the mic if it's not working perfectly. The service gives me a brand new, but actually vintage U87, for less than half the price of a new 87iA. I'm very satisfied with the outcome.
Factory repair. Why not send broken Neumann mics directly to Neumann (Sennheiser) for repair?
Thanks -- That's an option I considered, but Tom was one of the lead people at Neumann repair for decades, and is considered one of the worlds experts on repair of these mics. I'd prefer to communicate directly with the guy who's doing the work, and not have the mics assigned to some random tech. Also, I think his rates are lower than sending to Sennheiser. I know Tom does meticulous work, and I assume Sennheiser would as well.