I am trying to get some clarifications from Sonosax about the SX-M2/LS.
I've dropped a direct line to Sonosax regarding the factory mod in question, the /LS2 (not the straight /LS mod). Haven't heard back yet.
If you just buy KC cables and change the plug it would not have best possible specifications. The KC works with 6.2 volts and the FET's Q-point is adjusted to that voltage. With 10V the FET needs to be adjusted otherwise. ALSO, you need to know that a polarization voltage of only 48V instead of our standard 60V leads to a slightly reduced microphone sensitivity.
You would not use a stock KC cable and swap the connector. Schoeps makes the KCY cable specifically for use with the VMS preamp, which also replaces the CMC6 mic bodies a la the /LS2.
You need to contact Sonosax to confirm the
(1) There is a 5-pin Binder on the LS2 and
(2) the leads correspond to Schoeps cable wiring of a a 5-pin Binder with a Schoeps KCY-- cable and
Confirmed. I've used this gear myself plenty of times.
(3) the voltage specs on each pin.
This is the confirmation I'm waiting on from Sonosax directly. I just spoke with Jerry Bruck at Posthorn and while he didn't have specs about whether or not the /LS2 5-pin binder connection provides 60v to the caps, he indicated that the /LS2 mod was "approved" by Schoeps. That leads me to believe that it delivers 60v, else Schoeps wouldn't have approved it. Given that Jerry's the only one I've ever spoken with who seems to know anything about the /LS2 mod - and is also a long-time Schoeps dealer and knows their product line intimately - I'm inclined to believe him.
The Schoeps cables are also available in custom lengths.
Bah, it's a breeze - even for a non-diehard stealther like me who hasn't perfected stealthing like the diehard old-timers. Beats having 2 cables to flop around.
