I just read the review in Pro Audio Review of the Soundelux 49. The
reviewer stated that the great thing about the original M49 was that it
had remote patterns, i.e. sort of like a U47 but with remote patterns.
But old-timers I have known used to speak of that mike in awe, and only
mentioned the remote patterns as an afterthought. On more than one
occasion I have heard the M49 referred to as the finest microphone ever
built. Is this true and for what reasons?