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CA-UGLY bit the dust, need another preamp solution for DPA 4061s
Kyle K:
Pretty moot question on my part regardless, sorry, I spaced on the details early on in the thread specifically related to feeling as though gain would be unnecessary for most of the taping they were doing, hence a BB being fine. Posted in a haste having trouble making heads or tails of the sound professionals site. If one *did* need an actual preamp alternative to the CA-UGLY/UGLY 2, I am curious if anyone has any recommendations. Is there anything that actually has similar form factor/size?
adrianb:
I have loads of different battery boxes in my collection. By far the smallest is the Soundman A3 Adapter which provides 6v of power and is tiny.
scdegraaf:
I have a similar question: my battery box is DPA's MPS6020, which DPA doesn't make anymore. I read several suggestions here, but my mics have microdots and none of the battery boxes do. I read somewhere (can't find it anymore) that on Ebay I can buy 2 microdot adapters for XLR. What would be the next steps, meaning what goes between the mics with XLR and the recorder. My recorder only has a combined aux/line in input.
aaronji:
^ You could get something like this (there are several options) and use a typical battery box with a 3.5 mm input. Then a 3.5 mm - 3.5 mm cable to go from the battery box to the recorder.
Gutbucket:
For use with a typical minijack input battery box, use one of the alternate microdot Y cables listed below the one on the Ebay page Aaron has linked above. The one on the linked page features a screw-in locking mini-plug, which is great if your battery box features a threaded mini-jack input, but most do not. Those Y's adapt your microdot terminated mics to a TRS stereo mini plug which most battery boxes will accept.
Alternate is to use XLR phantom adapters in place of a battery box, into a recorder that features XLR inputs and phantom power. They convert phantom power to plug-in-power. That option typically means using a larger recorder that features those things, along the two XLR phantom adapters, but eliminates the battery box with its extra battery to deal with. Options for that are many, including DPA's DAD6001 which features microdot inputs (no microdot adapter needed, but the rigidly mounted microdot inputs stick out vulnerably, so usually best to use a short flexible XLR patch cable between adapter and recorder), Naiant PFAs which have the input on a short flexible cable, and can be terminated to miniplug, mini-xlr, or you can probably send one of those microdot Y's to Jon and have him use that to create short-cable microdot inputs), or pretty much any other XLR phantom adapter designed to power 2-wire PIP mics with between 5 and 10 volts.
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