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Title: DPA 4061's Powered from R-09HR?
Post by: BlindGuyEars on July 21, 2011, 03:49:16 PM

HI folks. I've never tried it, but what are the likely side-effects of powering a pair of DPA 4061's direct from my R-09HR's mic jack? Less headroom? Something else? I have a quiet show to tape tonight (acoustic jazz duo of piano and vocals only), and was wondering, as an experiment, if this would cut it. 

Title: Re: DPA 4061's Powered from R-09HR?
Post by: fmaderjr on July 22, 2011, 08:09:44 AM

If it does power them at all, it might work since the show is quiet. The issues would probably be distortion when the signal gets fairly loud.

I wouldn't risk it though unless you are running it as a 2nd system. DPA recommends way more voltage than the little bit over 3 volts that the HR provides (although the Marantz PMD-620's 4.6 volts seem to power my 4060's just fine).