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Title: mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 27, 2004, 02:34:44 PM: just got done talking to a guy(who says he worked for sony when the d8 came out). acording to him if you run mikes straight into a d8 you'll burn it up. you need to run them through a mixer first. does this make sence to any one here?

kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: jpschust on March 27, 2004, 02:38:32 PM: no that doesnt make any sense, thats what the mic in is for. we do it all the time and thats never the reason one has broken
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: Xpanding Man on March 27, 2004, 03:21:53 PM: wait up, isn't an attenuator needed to go from a phantom power box > D8 ?
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: jpschust on March 27, 2004, 03:34:33 PM: thats just for your levels, but it shouldnt fry the deck. that just means you will get a bad recording
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 27, 2004, 04:20:17 PM: didn't make sense to me either, but didn't want to get into an argument.

tax refund coming soon so i'll be looking for mikes then. on a low budget it seems the akg c1000s are my best bet. have a limeted amount of shows in the area w/out traveling a couple hours or more, so i don't want to invest too much. ain't worth the trouble for crappy sound though either.
saw a couple threads w/ some info i could use, but can't locate them again. mainly refering to mike positioning and such.(my only experience w/ mikes was so you didn't have to screem so loud to be heard to know when the changes were up in a song).

any more hep on this matter would be appesiated.

kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: jpschust on March 27, 2004, 07:09:49 PM: id search the forums (you can use the search feature) plenty of info around. also if you go over to the dpa microphone site they have a piece called "mic university" that will tell you a lot
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 27, 2004, 07:58:26 PM: yeah dpa is cool. and by the time i got to the end of it i acually started to understand some things what i was trying to find was on one of these forums though. i remember pics of mike posistioning like dpa but it was here some place. i'll keep looking, i just wish i knew were.

thanks for the help, kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: pnobles on March 28, 2004, 01:09:24 PM: hey i think i have a 1/8 attenuator cable that i once used for mics > D8 ( stealth shows - csb > D8 ) let me know if you are looking for something like that. cheers.
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 28, 2004, 01:22:35 PM: i'm not sure what an attenuater is, never heard the word before this post.

"wait up, isn't an attenuator needed to go from a phantom power box > D8 ? "

one of my reasons for looking at the c1000s was so i wouldn't need to use phantom power. will this make a diffrence?
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: pnobles on March 28, 2004, 03:37:32 PM: attenuators will lower the signal of the microphones so you wont risk overloading your D8 pre.
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: Kindguy on March 28, 2004, 03:57:22 PM: Running c1000's> D8 Line in, you will more than likely need line transformers to up the levels.

I wouldn't run it mic in.

This was my 1st rig :)
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: macdaddy on March 28, 2004, 07:06:06 PM: pnobles, is the attenuator cable you have -22db or -10db? TIA.
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: jhirte on March 28, 2004, 07:24:06 PM: Could always run Naks -> D8. not sure what the C1000's are running these days, but you could prolly pick up a Pair of Nak 300's for cheap on ebay..
-Jim
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 28, 2004, 07:44:38 PM: i learned w/ the sound card on computer that mic in ain't worth sh**.

no naks on ebay last look

thanks guys, still trollin'
kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: jpschust on March 28, 2004, 07:51:21 PM: nope, just gotta poke around some more:-)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3713549798&category=41466

(rebranded nak)
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 28, 2004, 08:09:46 PM: just went and looked again. was about to ask if these were the same. i take it yes.
kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: admkrk on March 30, 2004, 05:02:10 PM: does anyone have an opinion on this one?

Hey, I had to end the auction, but I was hoping you may still be interested in buying them so I don’t have to relist with ebay and pay fees. I will drop the price to $250 if you are interested, since you’d save me about $10 doing it that way. Let me know, Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: cptkrk56@wmconnect.com [mailto:cptkrk56@wmconnect.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:54 PM
To: mfultz1@cinci.rr.com
Subject: Question from eBay Member: 2 TEAC PE-120 MICROPHONES MICS = NAKAMICHI CM300 CM 300

Question from eBay Member: 2 TEAC PE-120 MICROPHONES MICS = NAKAMICHI CM300 CM 300

Dear fultzwagon,

how's it going, last mail didn't apear to go through, so if this is a repeat, please disregaurd. you posted two completely diferent pictures, and i was wondering which one represented what you are selling. the one w/ the single mike(not a pair) or the one w/ two mikes and cables(not listed as included)? could you please clarify this for me. thank you, kirk

To view the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3713549798

Thank you,
admkrk

he origionaly wrote back saying it was the pair, then went and stopped the auction. then offers to drop his price to $50 more than the bid. which must have been his. sounds like hes trying to pull one on me. what you think?
kirk
Title: Re:mikes into a d8
Post by: Brian Skalinder on March 30, 2004, 05:31:33 PM: Hmmmm. If it were me, I'd spend the extra $10 and go through EBay/Paypal for peace of mind (assuming they offer some kind of buyer protection, I don't really know as I don't use them much).