Telefunken USA’s Ela M 14 was a side-address, fixed-cardioid tube microphone. It utilized some of the same circuitry and components of the multipattern flagship tube mic, the Ela M 12 (an AKG C12 reproduction).
Thus, unlike most of Telefunken USA’s mics at that time, the M14 was not a replica or historical reproduction of a vintage mic, but rather as an original new design that attempted to deliver comparable sonic performance at much lower cost.
It has , the company’s CK-12-inspired capsule (aka TK-12), a custom Haufe T-14/1 transformer, and a NOS Telefunken EF732 tube