I'm pretty new to the open-taping game, but my open mics are Busman BSC1's, and that's where my question starts. I understand that to power the mic's I need something like a PS2, so I have one now, but if I've found that BSC1's > PS2 > R09HR doesn't provide much signal at all if I'm trying to go Line-In (as I understand is the preferred method). If I do go Line-In, I've found that I really need to blast the signal on the device and that's no good either (I understand the noise floor is pretty unforgiving once you really crank the levels on the R09HR). So my thought was to pop my CA-9100 into the chain; after the PS2 and before the R09HR. Recently though, Pete from Team DC has been doubting whether or not this is a good idea, fearing that extra power may go backwards and damage the mics (or something to that affect). My question is basically what in the world can I do, with the gear listed in my signature, to get a nice fat signal to my R09HR without jeopardizing any of that gear in the meantime?