Georg Neumann GmbH is a manufacturer of professional recording microphones, preamplifiers, studio monitors, headphones, and audio interfaces. It was founded by Georg Neumann (entrepreneur) and Erich Rickmann in 1928 and is based in Berlin, Germany. Its best-known products are condenser microphones for recording, broadcast, and live music production purposes. For several decades Neumann was also a leading manufacturer of cutting lathes for phonograph disks, and even ventured into the field of mixing desks.
History
Early years
The company's original product was the CMV 3. It was a rather large (40 cm tall, 9 cm diameter)[1] microphone with interchangeable capsule heads. Because of its shape and size, this microphone was often known as the "Neumann bottle". It is often seen in historical photographs of public events in Germany through the period of World War II.
Neumann's factory in Berlin was damaged by Allied firebombing in November 1943.