well, yinz are looking too depply into this IMO, if ya need phantom that freakin bad, buy a fuckin phantom power box, done deal
m-audio screwed up bigtime on this, the pics we saw said 48v and they didnt deliver, if neumann says the mics may be damaged, i'd start to figure out a way to pwer them the right way, like w/ phantom power boxes neumann and akg make nic phantom units and cheaper ones can also be found
ya'll cant expect this to change, just figure out a way around it
This is the correct answer. Not to mention, it'll probably be 3 days and everyone will want to run a pre in front of this thing anyways... I don't forsee everyone abandoning their +$1000 preamps for the preamps/A/D in a $400 consumer/prosumer product. Not at all.
I'd also like to add that even if it were +48v phantom power, you'd then have even worse problems with the battery life.
I know it sucks, and seems like they are pulling a fast one w/ some false advertising and shit, but I don't see this being fixed...
GREAT point w/ the battery point
maybe they had a choice:
1. put the full 48v phantom in and have HORRIBLE battery life, or
2. just leave it at 30v, where most mics would work, and have a little better battery life?
as a company, i probably would have left it at 30v as well, i mean its not hard to come by true 48v phantom, granted it is another box or two, at least you know youre mics are not gonna get ruined
also, sucks for you stealthers, but most stealth mics are powered off of battery boxes anyway so.......