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Gear / Technical Help => Cables => Topic started by: adameep on October 21, 2010, 02:23:06 AM
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hey all...
i just bought an old school tc-d5m recorder and was wondering what would be the best way to connect it to an at825 stereo mic? the sony has two 1/4" jacks for left and right and the microphone has an 5 pin connector. i do have a cable for the mic that goes to 2 xlr (left and right). would i use some kind of adapter? do they make special cables for this? what would be best? let me know. thanks!
~adam
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You can either get two xlr female to 1/4" adapters or get a 5pin to dual 1/4" trs cable. Pm me if you would like to discuss building you a new cable for your needs.
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is this a cable that you can buy somewhere or does it have to be custom built? how much does having adapters affect the sounds over a cable thats made for the purpose?
~adam
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You might be able to find one if you searched around the internet but i would think it is a pretty uncommon cable. My general rule is to use adpaters in one off situations and not for my normal set up. Say I have xlr cables and and I am trying to get a patch out of a sound board with 1/4" outputs. Generally speaking the less connections in the chain the better the signal/sound, or at least that is what I am told.
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Nakamichi CM300 microphones came with XLR Female > 1/4" cables about 10' long. That would be perfect, if you can find those in someone's junk drawer.
Else you can probably pick up XLR > 1/4 adapters like this http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Female-Male-Adapter/dp/B0002ZPK5I. In some instances it's important to use a balanced/unbalanced transformer which looks similar but costs more. I don't think you need that in your case.