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My Microphone Designs

These were made years ago -- from about mid 2006 till the end of 2010. I just now got around to taking pictures of them.

Depicted non-chronologically from left to right: Newman 1 (Poor Newman), Caulk Newman, Christmas Newman, Newman 7.

There is maybe a lot to explain. First, the name Newman comes from a common mispronunciation of the popular german microphone manufacturer's name: Neumann. An excellent marketing strategy. Second, these are all ribbon microphones, which I'm almost certain Neumann makes none of. Third, there are two designs I did that I don't have shown here -- these are the James Matched Pair Newmans and the Mike's Newman with Protective Foam Cover. I don't have those anymore, as they are the only ones I was able to either sell or trade for sunglasses. Fourth and most importantly, my brother is the one who first told me I should make microphones. Fifth and even more importantly, I have never done any proper recording tests with these -- they have all been used in recordings with varying degrees of success -- the Newman 7 is actually pretty good -- excessive low end though, but this could be because I never did pay much attention to ribbon tention. Keep looking.

Newman 1 : the first one, made of mahogany and pennies and so on -- with a $3 transformer

Christmas Newman : the second one, made of scrap wood, ABS, PVC, brazing rod, and with a hand wound torroidal transformer

Caulk Newman : the third one, made of steel and some wood -- with a nice Lundahl transformer

Newman 7 : the seventh one, made of steel and aluminum -- with a decent Edcor transformer and a cute protective case.