Topic: MP-2 Phantom Power?

[arawak420]

i just got me mp2 in the mail from (deadband) and about to go out to a reggae festival today. i check my sonic mics, and they do phantom power up.

my ? is. i know phantom power uses the battery faster. i used my PA-6 batt box, and switched the mp-2 to phantom and it sounded the same with the batt box as it did without the batt box on 48v phantom mode.

will my mp-2 battery last longer if i use the batt box and switch it onto 48v phantom, or will it still drain the battery at the same rate as if i didnt have the batt box in between the mics and amp?

basically does phantom power drain at the same rate regardless of using your own mic power supply?

i think the sound sounds a lot fuller without the the unit running on phantom, it tends to sound scrathcy when db is gained in phantom. maybe it's just I.

sorry if post seem to coincide with each other, having fun with these tech toys the most high minds give.

Jah Bless the Tech Taper Junkies.<----- that sounds like a cult  .  i have become one now

[caymanreview]

so you are running phantom power into your battery box? that cant be good

[ashevillain]

sounds like a cult

shhhh! 

but yeah, I wouldn't use both phantom and battery box power...unless you like fireworks...

[caymanreview]

thats what i was thinking, that could cause some damage to your battery box

[Chris K]

just how are you plugging your battery box into the mp-2?

[caymanreview]

just how are you plugging your battery box into the mp-2?

i think i read somewhere he posted that he made a dual xlr > 1/8 cable to do that. but can you really send phantom through xlrs to a 1/8" plug?

[dklein]

can you really send phantom through xlrs to a 1/8" plug?

nope!

[caymanreview]

thats why it didnt damage anything then.

[Sean Gallemore]

so how is this guy applying phantom in the first place?

[caymanreview]

so how is this guy applying phantom in the first place?

he wasnt, because the phantom wouldnt go through the dual xlr > 1/8" mini cable

se he was running the batt box and the phantom, but the phantom wouldnt work like that, so basically just running the batt box

[jpschust]

just run the mp2 with phantom power.  if you have fresh batts you arent gonna kill them, not to mention your mics will have more dynamic range with phantom power as opposed to the bb.

oh and your sig looks like homer simpson's first website :-)

[Sean Gallemore]

just run the mp2 with phantom power.  if you have fresh batts you arent gonna kill them, not to mention your mics will have more dynamic range with phantom power as opposed to the bb.

oh and your sig looks like homer simpson's first website :-)

the sonic mics he has are miniatures, which won't take direct phantom. 

[jpschust]

ok then just run your batt box and turn off phantom on the mp2.  :-)

[Chris K]

just how are you plugging your battery box into the mp-2?

still wanna know how this is being done...does the battery box have xlr outs? that would be news to me.

I thought most bat boxes had 1/8" stereo out. where do you plug a 1/8" into the mp2...into the tape return? 

[Sean Gallemore]

just how are you plugging your battery box into the mp-2?

still wanna know how this is being done...does the battery box have xlr outs? that would be news to me.

I thought most bat boxes had 1/8" stereo out. where do you plug a 1/8" into the mp2...into the tape return? 

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