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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: Brian Skalinder on December 08, 2003, 08:40:29 AM
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I've heard tell the Sonosax SX-M2 may be modified to run active caps without the mic bodies. Is this true? Anyone know where to find details on this mod? Or who performs it? Anything at all?!?
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I think you have to buy it with the lemo connectors instead of the XLR's. If you check out the user manual, it lists a couple of other model numbers.....I believe the lemo version is the SX-ML.
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I've heard tell the Sonosax SX-M2 may be modified to run active caps without the mic bodies. Is this true? Anyone know where to find details on this mod? Or who performs it? Anything at all?!?
this may or may not answer your questions, but here it goes.
these photos are the inside of a Beyer MV-100, which is pretty much identical to the Sonosax physically.
(http://www.digijam.org/mark/beyer/whole-left.jpg)(http://www.digijam.org/mark/beyer/whole-center.jpg)(http://www.digijam.org/mark/beyer/whole-right.jpg)
if i were to do something similar (which i have been considering ever since i got my Beyer) to what you're describing, i would do the following:
1. as you can see the XLR input (bottom) are soldered onto the PC board. you can replace these with LEMO connections, BUT do not solder the connections (See #2).
2. take the circuitry from your mic bodies and put them inside the SX-M2. perhaps somewhere in that big empty space you see in the Right.jpg. i would use something like a hot glue gun & some plastic gadgets to elevate the Mic Body Circuitry above the PC board. i guess it would depend on how large your Mic Body Circuitry is, b/c the battery holder for the MV-100/SX-M2 takes most of the "empty space" i mentioned.
3. make the following connections. LEMO input > Mic Body Circuit input and Mic Body Circuit output > PC board where the original XLR connection was.
all the above mentioned connections are basically 3 wires for the 1, 2 and 3 pins.
marc
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nice project marc. Are you going to do it? btw, there's only one pic.
jr
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nice project marc. Are you going to do it? btw, there's only one pic.
jr
i'm going to do it after i purchase a second pre. (for taper friendly bands) and use the Beyer exclusively for stealthing.
i run the AT853 cardioids (the real AT, no the SP model), and i have to have the AT8533 phantom power module, which sticks out 4.5" from the pre. basically, the AT8533 is the mic "body" for my caps. i started to think of this "mod" when i took apart the AT8533 and notice that the circuitry was SMALL. i said to myself "hell, all i have to do is stick the circuitry inside the Beyer and put it between the mic input and the PCboard" and i don't have to worry about these damn things sticking out from the MV-100.
so, my mod project is still in the works.
>>btw, there's only one pic.
the large picture is made up of 3 parts.
marc
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Neat stuff, Marc. Let us all know how it goes if you do it! Only catch for me is I don't want to hack my CMC6 bodies (nor purchase new ones just for stealthing). Hmmmmm...
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From Sonosax....
The SONOSAX SX-M2 , stereo MIC/LINE preamplifier with 48V mic power, standard , including the KCY connector is available, the price is : 1'060.-USD
Delivery time : 2 weeks
Shipment and transport insurance : included
The modification in existing units : 135.-USD
The KCY connector is more like an adaptor, not the cable.
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From Sonosax....
The SONOSAX SX-M2 , stereo MIC/LINE preamplifier with 48V mic power, standard , including the KCY connector is available, the price is : 1'060.-USD
Delivery time : 2 weeks
Shipment and transport insurance : included
The modification in existing units : 135.-USD
The KCY connector is more like an adaptor, not the cable.
Thanks, Rick! So I figure I just crew my existing KCY cables onto the Sax connectors instead of the mic bodies. Nice!
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yep, they also make them for the nuemann's... I think the bodies still sound better but as far as compact setups go this is pretty sweet!
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Thanks, Rick! So I figure I just crew my existing KCY cables onto the Sax connectors instead of the mic bodies. Nice!
I'm not sure. I gave up on the MK4 > KCY > Sonosax idea when I saw how much a KCY cable was :o
but sonosax does the mod, so you should contact them if you have more questions.
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yep, they also make them for the nuemann's... I think the bodies still sound better but as far as compact setups go this is pretty sweet!
just out of curiousity would this setup use the lc3ka cables or would it involve a different set?
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lc3's
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lc3's
ahh, too bad. maybe if i can find a cheap set one day i'll look into this.