I am another Nevaton MCE 400 user. An incredible mic for my purposes. These things have been wonderful on un-amplified, stage lip, electric and acoustic acts. For what these things go for new, nothing can touch them in the class. I owned AT 933's for over ten years, very significant upgrade to those and all of the Senn. tapes I've heard.
The only thing that prevents me from getting a pair right now is the MCE 400 48v power requiriments. I've been listening to amazing recordings with those omni mics.
Power requirements for the MCE400 are actually 12-48V (some specs say 9V-52V, although I have not tested that yet to see if it's accurate).
I'm very iinterested about that. That being said, a Nevaton MCE400 would work with a regular 12v or 9v battery box terminated with regular 1/8" plug?
I'd get a pair, that's for sure. IMHO they sound better than the DPA 4061 ( and costs less )
I can't say for sure about the 9V box, but almost certainly a 12V box would work. It would require XLR inputs but could be wired for 1/8" output.
Richard (illconditioned) is the only person I know (so far) who has a working battery box for the MCE400. He is not making them for others at this time though.
It's on our list of things to do, but we haven't gotten to it yet.
Richard here
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OK, I *love* the sound of the Nevaton, but watch out for quality control. Two pairs purchased, one died, the other not matched at all!!!
I've recently tried Countryman B6 and Countryman B3. These are *fantastic* sounding mics, pretty close to the Nevatons, and much better quality control. Why do they sound good? Someone @ Countryman.com told me they have a stainless steel diaphragm. Maybe a coincidence, but Nevaton has stainless as well...
If you want to hear something great, listen to my clip "Hey Rosetta" on
http://Soundmann.com. This is an acoustic set (only voice and acoustic guitar are amplified a bit). The B6 overload unfortunately (audience noise between songs). Testing B3 now. I got a great clip "Molly Johnson" with B3, but right channel is a bit off. Mics exchanged and expected (tomorrow!). Will report back, but I think B3 are a winner. They are approx $150 each (street) with pigtails, and can use a standard (9v) battery box. Check these out. Sound fantastic and they're indestructable. Sound better than DPA IMO. Much better. Maybe not as good as the Nevaton, but I can't deal with the mismatches and the fragility of these mics.
Richard
PS: Anyone want to purchase some of my other "hat" mics? I've got a pair of Sennheiser MKE2 (2.2k mod, miniplug end), and DPA4060 (hardwired to battery box, miniplug pigtail).