I am new to the 4061 game. I have the SP Powered Dongle and ran it recently ino my MT. I didn't "fry" my mics, but wonder what "fried" mics would sound or be like. Again, not having a lot of information or knowledge, what about the MicroDot > XLR adaptors? Those would then plug into say a PS2 with 48v, or is this something people don't do? I spoke to Chris at SP and he said the DPAs would be fine. He also said, which I have read everything to the contrary, I could use my SP AT853s with the powered dongle and it would not cause problems. Everything everyone writes says 9v is the max for the AT853s. I think my confusion lies in Phantom Powering of mics.