Topic: Church transformer based pre

[zeus163]

I've been thinking of emailing Chris and asking if his 9100 could be modded to work with the Nevaton MCE 400's. I recently picked up a pair and am running them with the PS-2, but the PS-2/Nevaton combo is a bit bulky especially since I have to run an external battery pack for the PS-2 since it seems to drain a 9V dry in about 90 minutes (much too quickly for me and the scenes I tape in). So, I'm reading this post with much more interest now that I've found it as this new pre (for stealth guys) could be exactly what I'm looking for. I just hope it comes out sooner than later!

The waiting game begins....I'd have to wait 9 months for an Aerco MP-2 if I went that route, so what's another 9 months to see if this one becomes available?

Fingers crossed...

[Church-Audio]

I've been thinking of emailing Chris and asking if his 9100 could be modded to work with the Nevaton MCE 400's. I recently picked up a pair and am running them with the PS-2, but the PS-2/Nevaton combo is a bit bulky especially since I have to run an external battery pack for the PS-2 since it seems to drain a 9V dry in about 90 minutes (much too quickly for me and the scenes I tape in). So, I'm reading this post with much more interest now that I've found it as this new pre (for stealth guys) could be exactly what I'm looking for. I just hope it comes out sooner than later!

The waiting game begins....I'd have to wait 9 months for an Aerco MP-2 if I went that route, so what's another 9 months to see if this one becomes available?

Fingers crossed...

I would think they can be modified if they are an electret capsule and I assume they are they most likely operate from 4-10 volts.. if so that should not be a problem for a 9100 I do believe the wires are "hard wired" into the xlr phantom adaptors I could put a connector between them so that the mics could still be used with the phantom adaptors when needed. Again I would need to see the mics to know for sure.

Chris

[zeus163]

I've been thinking of emailing Chris and asking if his 9100 could be modded to work with the Nevaton MCE 400's. I recently picked up a pair and am running them with the PS-2, but the PS-2/Nevaton combo is a bit bulky especially since I have to run an external battery pack for the PS-2 since it seems to drain a 9V dry in about 90 minutes (much too quickly for me and the scenes I tape in). So, I'm reading this post with much more interest now that I've found it as this new pre (for stealth guys) could be exactly what I'm looking for. I just hope it comes out sooner than later!

The waiting game begins....I'd have to wait 9 months for an Aerco MP-2 if I went that route, so what's another 9 months to see if this one becomes available?

Fingers crossed...

I would think they can be modified if they are an electret capsule and I assume they are they most likely operate from 4-10 volts.. if so that should not be a problem for a 9100 I do believe the wires are "hard wired" into the xlr phantom adaptors I could put a connector between them so that the mics could still be used with the phantom adaptors when needed. Again I would need to see the mics to know for sure.

Chris

OK. It sounds like I would need to send the mics to you. So, I'll send you a PM with details and stuff.
I'll still be following the preamp discussions, but I might have to look into Chris's idea here.