well of course it doesnt include the preamp, neither does a CMC6. lets talk apples to apples here.
i was going to sink the power circuit in some epoxy with mini-xlrs on each end, still well under $20 in parts
As simple as that is, i'd be willing to build a handful of them for TS'ers for cost of parts.
if you need a pre anyway, sure, talk to chris, im sure the powering circuit will only add a nominal cost (if any, compared to a 3-wire pre) once he gets it figured out.
Again, apples to apples, compare the wide variety of cheap pres out there compared to something tha tprovides phantom power for a cmc6, that usually start at $400 and go way up from there.
BTW, i emailed the DPA circuit to bernhard and asked if something similar could be done with the CMR's.
I'm guessing it wouldnt like the 48V on the signal wire, but we'll see what he says
http://simplefuels.com/CMR.jpg
resistor- $99 cents/ 5 pack
capacitor- $1.50
9V battery - $3.00
doesnt sound like hundreds to me.
plus a powering solution. that'll probably run you at least another $100-$200
you just going to slap those resistors together with the battery and leave them hanging in your gear bag? or or you going to build a box to house it all. how are you going to connect it to the cmr cables? what connectors are you going to use? do you hav ea soldering gun? solder? the box? do you know how to do it?
sure if you build the power supply yourself it won't be $100-200, but how many people is that really an option for? Nick probably could. I'm sure others could too, but 99% of the people on here couldn't. That's why we pay guys like nick to build cables, and guys like busman and oade to modify gear. if we could do it ourselves we would. you also have to ask yourself what kind of quality are you getting. Is there a better way to do it, that will have a positive effect on the sound? do you think church audio's preamp for these is going to cost $6.50? I doubt it. My guess it'll be $100-$200 at least. That'll be the type of thing that people without the capacity to build the power supply will be looking at buying. Unless soemone else wants to slap together $6.50 worth of parts with solder and hot glue and sell it for $50.
my point was $1100 for the cables and a grand or so for caps isn't the total cost. it's likely to be around 10% higher than that for most people.