I finally did get my single IPA from John (wish the v2 was out when i did that but oh well, would have liked the rechargeable battery).
It runs the Milab VM-44 Links very nicely without the bodies into an M-10. but only for about 4-5 hours on one new A23.
I did not modify my cables (10 feet) on the mics (thinking about doing that now).
Jon made me a cable with female Milab binder connectors (or male, i can't remember which is which) to mate with IPA.
so the original mic connectors mate with the 1 foot extension cable separately (two binder connectors) which then combine into one 5pin plug that mates with the IPA.
out of the IPA is a simple 3.5mm plug into the Line in or mic in on the M-10. running line in right now with gain setting options on the IPA of 0/+9/+18.
much easier to stealth this. no bodies, no interconnect cables and NO Marantz PMD 661. i loved my mics>bodies>cable>PMD661 but all that shit was a pain when they had walk throughs. i could beat the wands easy with all that...i've beat the walk thrus too but more nerve wracking.
i've run the new setup mics>cable>IPA>cable>M-10 twice, both times didn't use any gain, line in and i should know better from my days running AT933 line with Preamp or BB but oh well. i know now, needs at least the +9db or +18db setting depending on location. the sound is very similar to the PMD661 setup so i'm gonna stick with this for sure.
will have some gear for sale shortly paring down but still keeping my PMD661 for now. want the new Sony A-10 also.....
rock on folks.
ninjadave.