Topic: Small Stealth Preamp?

[nihilistic0]

2 out of my 3 recordings with these mics sound fine


then I saw tool. the bass was just simply obnoxious, whole body shaking, made it feel werid to breathe, etc. Not super distorted, but pretty fuzzy on the bass


but anyway, i guess my main question still stands

[nihilistic0]

Just the basic unmodded 2-wire battery box from sound professionals, no rolloff

[Zaphod]

So are these three wire or two wire if they are two wire the st-9000 $150 will help if they are three wire you want my ST-9100 preamp with 00- to +20 db of gain.

2 out of my 3 recordings with these mics sound fine


then I saw tool. the bass was just simply obnoxious, whole body shaking, made it feel werid to breathe, etc. Not super distorted, but pretty fuzzy on the bass


but anyway, i guess my main question still stands

You'll get way better sound and response if you ran a three wire battery box, and if you get the Church 3 wire batt. box/pre-amp you'll have a lot more control. If you running just a three wire battery box, the levels won't be as hot as the SP 2 wire.

With those two wire boxes the high SPL sound gets kind of "crunched" if you will, IMO.

[Javier Cinakowski]

This seems to be a problem with the with AT mics only.  My mke40's(2 wire) are rated at 138SPL and I have recorded some very loud sounds with no problems.

[ethan]

Why not try line transformers and a PS-2...I've personally had great results...I don't stealth but this is part of my travel rig.

-e

[Zaphod]

Why not try line transformers and a PS-2...I've personally had great results...I don't stealth but this is part of my travel rig.

-e

That would work as well, but would be a bit more bulky since you would also the the P48v adapters to use the PS2.

[ethan]

Why not try line transformers and a PS-2...I've personally had great results...I don't stealth but this is part of my travel rig.

-e

That would work as well, but would be a bit more bulky since you would also the the P48v adapters to use the PS2.

The PS-2 is 48V phantom

[Zaphod]

Why not try line transformers and a PS-2...I've personally had great results...I don't stealth but this is part of my travel rig.

-e

That would work as well, but would be a bit more bulky since you would also the the P48v adapters to use the PS2.

The PS-2 is 48V phantom

I wasn't being clear enough in my previous post, to run the AT853s you need the P48v adapters.

[ethan]

Why not try line transformers and a PS-2...I've personally had great results...I don't stealth but this is part of my travel rig.

-e

That would work as well, but would be a bit more bulky since you would also the the P48v adapters to use the PS2.

The PS-2 is 48V phantom

I wasn't being clear enough in my previous post, to run the AT853s you need the P48v adapters.

ah..ok sorry about that...

[nihilistic0]

So are these three wire or two wire if they are two wire the st-9000 $150 will help if they are three wire you want my ST-9100 preamp with 00- to +20 db of gain.

2 out of my 3 recordings with these mics sound fine


then I saw tool. the bass was just simply obnoxious, whole body shaking, made it feel werid to breathe, etc. Not super distorted, but pretty fuzzy on the bass


but anyway, i guess my main question still stands

You'll get way better sound and response if you ran a three wire battery box, and if you get the Church 3 wire batt. box/pre-amp you'll have a lot more control. If you running just a three wire battery box, the levels won't be as hot as the SP 2 wire.

With those two wire boxes the high SPL sound gets kind of "crunched" if you will, IMO.

Yea, I heard the 3-wire BB lowers the signal, and the JB3 has no actual gain, so yea, I think i may sell it and pony up for a preamp instead

I just want a minimalistic rig that will record everything without problems.  Ive been happy with the quality of my 1st 2 recordings with the AT853's, and I know it soulnd a bit better with a preamp and the ability to handle higher spl's