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Re:A top audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound (2015) by snypher on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:53AM (#26833875)
Does anyone know what the cage-like section on the bottom of the U87 is for? Neumann themselves state that the U87 'looks like a studio mic'.
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Re:A top audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound (2015) by Centigonal on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:06AM (#26834044)
Do you mean the shock mount?

It's designed to hold the mic and avoid transmitting vibrations from the mic stand (caused by moving or jostling the stand) to the mic.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dwEAAOSwg0deXHFG/s-l640.jpg

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Re:A top audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound (2015) by scolby33 on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:03AM (#26834004)
It’s a shock mount (probably [1]), meant to reduce noise transmitted from the table or the boom arm or whatever the microphone is attached to.

[1] https://en-de.neumann.com/ea-87

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Re:A top audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound (2015) by tiniuclx on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:17AM (#26834167)
That's a shock mount - it prevents vibration on the mic stand from being picked up by the microphone.
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Re:A top audio engineer explains NPR’s signature sound (2015) by chuchurocka on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:04AM (#26834014)
It's a shock mount system. Suspends the mic from any external vibrations
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