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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2011, 12:17:30 PM »
Todd is right, I goofed on the MiniR82 dimensions.

Will, the cubic footprint is simply the W x D x H multiplied.
As an example, Littlebox specs are:
"Case size, standard: 4.7" x 3.1" x 1.7" (120mm x 78mm x 43mm)"

4.7 x 3.1 x 1.7 = 24.769
gotcha

the aerco is 18 then
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2011, 05:19:19 PM »
could you do an extended case version with aa or 9v sled? 
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2011, 05:47:31 PM »
Just a thought the Aerco uses 9v batteries.

Extended tinybox?  No, that would be a littlebox.  Those battery trays aren't exactly small you know . . .
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2011, 06:10:07 PM »
It's possible to design a P48 tinybox but it would lack an internal battery.  I don't think that's a very compelling product, but if enough people think otherwise . . .

Possible to do a 48v tinybox with 1:1 microtransformers to block the 48v DC instead of the larger blocking capacitors?  Of course, this assumes the tranfos are smaller than the caps, but I thought they were.  Aiming of course to still keep the battery inside.
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2011, 08:59:29 PM »
I built a 5 x 9v NiMH littlebox (kit) into a Hammond 1590BB enclosure.

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=123658.0

I *think* it's the same enclosure as the Aerco. It's very small and sounds great!
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2011, 10:16:09 PM »
how would one power the tiny box if it was 48v?
external power?? to me that would defeat the purpose

i like not needing tools to change the battery, ie lb vs aerco
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #21 on: January 29, 2011, 12:51:24 AM »
how would one power the tiny box if it was 48v?
external power?? to me that would defeat the purpose

i like not needing tools to change the battery, ie lb vs aerco

conversely, I'd rather have a removable 9v for the (polarization 48v tinybox), even if it meant removing the case each evening to change it. I'd use it so little that the internal l-ion would have to be removed/changed before I really got a good use out of it. I guess in some ways if a removable 9v isn't an option down the road, I'd gaffer tape it to the bottom of the box and wire a connector going inside somewhere. Ugly as sin, but it would allow me to change the battery. I've gotten burned twice on hard to remove l-ion units already so I'm weary of them. ymmv
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2011, 08:38:15 AM »
i agree
a 48v where you had to remove the case would be better imo then nothing at all
akg actives are better then a 48v tinybox too ;)
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2011, 01:03:01 PM »
You can have a 9V tinybox now, you just have to request it.  You need to be a bit careful with closing the case as the screws are steel but the case is aluminum.  If you overtorque the screws you'll strip the case.


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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2011, 04:19:05 PM »
P48 or P12, but I think many microphones do not take the full advantage of P48. Many are specified for 9-52 V. Maybe some are doing fine on P12? It is up to which microphones are going to be used.


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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2011, 04:50:46 PM »
P48 or P12, but I think many microphones do not take the full advantage of P48. Many are specified for 9-52 V. Maybe some are doing fine on P12? It is up to which microphones are going to be used.


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doing fine and full potential are different too
in the end it comes down to your ears imo
if you have mics that can run at 12v but sound better at 48v you may or may not care for the 12v sound
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2011, 06:01:09 PM »
P48 or P12, but I think many microphones do not take the full advantage of P48. Many are specified for 9-52 V. Maybe some are doing fine on P12? It is up to which microphones are going to be used.


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doing fine and full potential are different too
in the end it comes down to your ears imo
if you have mics that can run at 12v but sound better at 48v you may or may not care for the 12v sound

has anyone actually done testing on this? I'd honestly be surprised if schoeps, beyer, and akg all advertised compatibility at P12 and sounded "better" at P48. That seems like an engineering flaw to me.
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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2011, 09:32:13 AM »
The tradional Schoeps circuitry supplies the same voltage to the impedance convertering stage with P12 or P48. The buffer stage will probably have a higher maximum swing while running on P48. How many are really running their microphones at that high SPL to explore the difference? Normally we do not have 125+ dB in concerts, have we? I think we can find the figures in the specifications of some microphones.

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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2011, 09:57:56 AM »
Short of that, getting a pair of mics that can run on 12v phantom like the Milab vm44-link and pairing them with a tinybox also yields a pretty small solution.


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Has anyone out there with a pair of Milab VM44-Links gone the 12v phantom route pairing them with a tinybox?  If so I'd love to hear the results as I'd like to have that option available for myself.

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Re: Smallest Pre-amp with 48v Phantom Power
« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2011, 04:15:39 PM »
The tradional Schoeps circuitry supplies the same voltage to the impedance convertering stage with P12 or P48. The buffer stage will probably have a higher maximum swing while running on P48. How many are really running their microphones at that high SPL to explore the difference? Normally we do not have 125+ dB in concerts, have we? I think we can find the figures in the specifications of some microphones.

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Correct, we normally don't. I've only had 2 instances where I came close (mathematically the second one came out to just under 125 and I didn't measure the other) and both were cramped stage lip/onstage environments.
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