> We use a simple Neumann U87 microphone as the house-standard microphone at all of our facilities. They’re expensive, but that’s what we’ve used for years. Th

> We use a simple Neumann U87 microphone as the house-standard microphone at all of our facilities. They’re expensive, but that’s what we’ve used for years. That simple U87 costs about 5x what the other broadcasters use (typically an SM7 or RE20) and is much more fragile and difficult to maintain. As I recall NPR bought hundreds of U87s...