Upton Microphones Ela M 251

It's pretty, all that pretty machinery and making all their own parts pretty much explains the price. I do wonder though how many mics they think they will sell for that price as a unknown entity and how many mics they have to sell to pay the bills!

This is what happens when we can't have real porn! ?

$7200 cdn without duties or taxes: I'll just think about

I was thinking the same thing. Pure sex.

They are nice very nice. I wI'll post a pic of my body tube 2 morrow see what every body thinks about the color  ( go easy on me lol ) . btw is a bitch , I mean not fun, not only does every 251 sound different but so is the color. Thuogh I've made and assembled many many Mics, dam it does it take a while to get it done.  I been asked to do a cv4 conversion John k. And it will be done very shortly hit me up 

''much. Respect to it all involved in that project from the tooling the color the capsule very beautiful 251 "

Same guy that owns Vintech?

I think Blackspade will be introducing a 251 style mic soon, and I think it will be $2,000 less. The Blackspade guys are crazy dedicated to ultra high quality, so I would bet their version will be one of the best possible.

You never hear this kind of fuss over Fender or Clone reissues of 50s Telecasters and Stratocasters. If the specs are there, we're good to go... plus the quality is better now anyhow!! Same goes for the Gibson Les Paul reissues. There is no finer Les Paul standard in the world than the 1983 reissue of the flame top standards. 1950s Les Pauls come second to the reissues!! Not just my humble opinion. The 1983-8 Telecaster reissues of the 1953 are just beyond compare... like the originals to the last detail except an even better neck and wood that doesn't rot.

I might just have a few of these guitars and have been able to play some of them side by side for a while now.

And so, I think the same can be said of many microphones also. Telefunken's U47 and ELA M251 reissues are just beyond amazing. If you find a better original, then perhaps it's been stored in a vacuum or some cryogenic chamber for 60 years.

When Vintech started out one of there big selling points was they were less expensive than the other Neve clones, so it surprises me that they would go for the high price part of the crowded C12 market !
They were also an early entry to the Neve clone market and the first to open up a large mail order ( Sweetwater ) and MI (GC).
I have to agree major risk entering a mature highend C12 market where we also have a number of well known OEM parts suppliers
(Tim, TAB ect) as a major selling point, rolling your own.

I also would like to see more people developing some new flavors of LDC.
Just think if the one company, the one that not only had the money but should have access to the original drawings and all the other design and production data from the days when they built the Original C12 and 251!
Man AKG and later Harman screwed the pooch and Could have dominated the market !
I know they said they didn't have any of the original data but Tim, can you imagine if a company as big as AKG put a couple of guys who hand been in the field of designing and building Capsules on the Quest of resurrecting the old CK12! Not putting you down man, in fact this is what makes me more in awe of guys like you, the late Oliver, Thirsch, Shannon and others.
Now imagine walking into VK,Sweetwater, Alto,ect and saying hey I know you have a bunch of C12 and 251 clones but here's are new mics $5000 how many would you like?

Pretty much agree with most statements made so far..When I see something like this I have a great respect for recreating the body. Its not easy! That is most likely the brunt of that 5500 dollar price tag.. Its the same for Telefunkan. In my opinion the tfunk mics sound ok..but not 9000 dollars ok! I am sure most 251 or c12 clones will be just as good or better sounding than these, but they sure wont look as cool! And with a clone you get to choose the flavor of capsule and tube transformer etc! For the cost I can build a 251 U47 C12 Fet47 and an 87!!

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Like I said earlier look at the cost of those lovely CNC machines ! These guys made a big investment in the tools. I am not saying others in the clone buissness haven't , but most start out either doing small scale production on manual machines or they out source. These guys jumped right into the deep end of the pool headfirst !
I'm going to guess this is why Tim thinks they will be selling Bodies, the machines mean they are set up for more production than a late commer to the markets going to sell at $5k no less $3k!