Topic: Making a balanced mic unbalanced will hurt sound quality?

[leegeddy]

>> you can run phantom through a 1/4" jack if you really want to

through an UNBALANCED 1/4" (tip/sleeve)?  are you sure about that?

marc

Hello,

I was asking if I were to cut an XLR off an Audio Technica cardioid mic and connected the + to tip and - and ground to ground if it would impact the potential of the mic.

I believe the mic is an AT 831.  www.zzounds.com has them cheap.

darren, you could get much better performance by using phantom power with those AT831 caps.  you'll need the AT8533 bodies or the Samson brand sold by SP.

but, to answer your question......  what you're describing is exactly what SP does with AT caps.  they just do it as a stereo configuration.  (2 caps > stereo mini)

marc

[fuck you]

darren, you could get much better performance by using phantom power with those AT831 caps.  you'll need the AT8533 bodies or the Samson brand sold by SP.

Is this phantom power unit going to be small enough to sneak into the big arena shows?

but, to answer your question......  what you're describing is exactly what SP does with AT caps.  they just do it as a stereo configuration.  (2 caps > stereo mini)

I figured that they may do it that way.  

[nickgregory]

Is this phantom power unit going to be small enough to sneak into the big arena shows?

People do it all the time...either the PS-2 (I think it is) the stand alone phantom box, or the combo Preamp/Phantom boxes, Sonosax, MP-2 or PSP2

[fuck you]

People do it all the time...either the PS-2 (I think it is) the stand alone phantom box, or the combo Preamp/Phantom boxes, Sonosax, MP-2 or PSP2

You got a link to that phantom box specs?

[nickgregory]

http://www.denecke.com/prod04.htm

[fuck you]

http://www.denecke.com/prod04.htm

Thanks for the link.    

+T to you.

However, if I would build a battery box with two or more 9 volts wouldn't it work the same way?

Or is the phantom power transformed into AC?


Darren

I know how to take an opamp chip to make it double a batterys voltage (never did it, however).

[leegeddy]

http://www.denecke.com/prod04.htm

Thanks for the link.    

+T to you.

However, if I would build a battery box with two or more 9 volts wouldn't it work the same way?

Or is the phantom power transformed into AC?


Darren

I know how to take an opamp chip to make it double a batterys voltage (never did it, however).

darren;

battery power and phantom power are not the same.  phantom power is not AC.

marc

[BCostigan]

Here's a great page on phantom power:

http://www.walkaboutclearwater.org/sound101/phantom.html

[dklein]

darren;

battery power and phantom power are not the same.  phantom power is not AC.

marc

just for further clarity, neither is battery power, or bias current or whatever you want to call it.  The only thing that's AC is your music as it gets converted into electrical signals!