(!!!!) (Recommended Single) EF86 Telefunken Germany <> bottom NOS gray shield 1972 (2.9ma) (Neumann, Lawson, Soundelux, Manley)
EF86 Telefunken Germany <> bottom gray shield NOS (72-06=1972) same date codes in white box from Telefunken factory case with Eagle Crest logo
2.9mA
Gm=2100
Best you can buy
Tested on Amplitrex
Good Ma range 2.6-3.5ma
Good Gm range 1800-2200
Recommended for
- Microtek Gefell UM92S
- Eastern Electric M520 amp
- VOX AC10
- Soundelux U99 [ LUCKY DEVIL SOUND (Oakland, CA) ]
- Neumann U47, U48, U67
- Manley Baby Tube mic
- Lawson L47MP
- Microtek UM92.1S mic [ CATFISH STUDIO (Lombard, IL) ]
- U67 [Sugar Hill Recording Studios (Houston, TX) "Abbey Road of the South" ]
- U67 (Bucbonera Records SL, Spain)
- U67 [ Retromedia Sound Studios (Red Bank, NJ)]
- Blue Bottle [Vertigo Sound Lab (Boulder, CO)]
- U47 [ Kyle Homme (Orange, CA)]
- Shindo Monbrison Phono preamp
- JADIS JP80MC preamp