Topic: total newbie question (jb3 content)

[phishn]

welcome aboard switters!

[pfife]

I am also considering buying a JB3, and is it safe to say that you need an A/D coverter as well?  Cannot go rode nt4 (battery powered) -> JB3 (through line in) w/o purchasing a Ad-20 or something like that, and have good results?  

If that is the case, I am going to purchase my AD-20 first...

Thanks-
~AP

[dklein]

I am also considering buying a JB3, and is it safe to say that you need an A/D coverter as well?  Cannot go rode nt4 (battery powered) -> JB3 (through line in) w/o purchasing a Ad-20 or something like that, and have good results?  

If that is the case, I am going to purchase my AD-20 first...

Thanks-
~AP

You can go NT4>JB3 (and I have).  The NT4 has enough output to drive the JB3 to decent levels at a rock show if you use the JB3 line-in and some gain.

[pfife]

I am also considering buying a JB3, and is it safe to say that you need an A/D coverter as well?  Cannot go rode nt4 (battery powered) -> JB3 (through line in) w/o purchasing a Ad-20 or something like that, and have good results?  

If that is the case, I am going to purchase my AD-20 first...

Thanks-
~AP

You can go NT4>JB3 (and I have).  The NT4 has enough output to drive the JB3 to decent levels at a rock show if you use the JB3 line-in and some gain.

Hey, thanks for your response... very helpful, as I am trying to decide what to purchase here, and in what order... looking at your setup below, you have what I am going for...  

Right now, I have an NT4 that I run into a sony MD, and I am trying to decide which to purchase first: the JB3, or a pre, in which I have been looking at the AD-20/PS-2 combo, or the UA-5;   Is your UA-5 completely portable, and do the batteries last very long?  I saw on the core sound site that they have them in a portable manner, but they seem to be a tad pricey... is it worth it for me to do that, do you think?

Thanks for your help and advice.

Peace-
Andrew

[Kindguy]

Andrew check some other threads in the power section for diff options. But The cable to power my UA-5 was 14 bucks to make. (thanks Kevin) & a 6+ hour 9.6V is around 30 bucks.

[Kindguy]

Also that's a lot of 9V running the AD-20 & PS-2. $$$$

& Yes the UA-5 is portable.

[pfife]

Andrew check some other threads in the power section for diff options. But The cable to power my UA-5 was 14 bucks to make. (thanks Kevin) & a 6+ hour 9.6V is around 30 bucks.

Thanks for your response - I have checked out the threads a little, but I get kinda lost with all of the jargon, and model names and stuff... almost to the point where I get even more confused... so, let me see if I am understanding what you are doing here...

You got a 9.6v power supply...  now, is this like a standard item from radio shack or something that I can buy anywhere, sort of like the battery for a cordless phone?  It's rechargable?  If it is rechargable, how do you recharge it?  When you purchased it, did it come with a dock for charging or something?

The cable to power the UA-5 - this is a cable that connects your 9.6v power supply to the regular power input (on the UA-5) that you would plug the wall wart into?

Thanks for being newbie friendly... cause I think I am pretty lost here... and I am worried, cuz if it is something like you are saying to make it portable, core-sound  raises the price from $268 for a regular UA-5 to $420 for a portable one, when it sounds like all you had to do was spend like $45 in addition to the price of a regular UA-5, and you get the same thing.  So, I am a little worried about getting taken to town for over $100 because of ignorance...

As you can see... ignorance is pervasive in my messages here!

holla.

~Andrew

[pfife]

No need to answer my question above- I found this website, and it looks like it is what I was thinking:

http://www.taperssection.com/reference/html/DIY_EdirolUA5Power/

Thanks for you help-

~AP

[dklein]

Yeah - that page on power is OK but it's not that tricky - no need to use 2 batteries and 2-into-1 connectors.  You can use one 3000mAh nickel metal hydride battery from batteryspace.com and that gives you enough juice for for 6 hours.  Comes with a charger for $30.  You just make up a cable to go from the existing battery connector to your UA-5.

The UA-5 has to be modified if you want to use it standalone with the JB3 - the s/pdif output to feed the jb3 doesn't function without a laptop before the modification.  That's here http://ca.geocities.com/dkleined@rogers.com/audio/
You can buy one for $250 and modify it yourself or buy one already done from Oade.  Core Sound doesn't do the standalone mod - just portable power.

If it were me, the upgrade path with what you've got would be jb3, then UA-5, then mics.