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Title: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external phantom power supply?
Post by: waltmon on April 26, 2014, 04:42:42 PM

Looking at the Tascam D60 for 4 channel...looking at options to power second set of inputs...

Thanks.

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external power supply?
Post by: flipp on April 26, 2014, 05:07:31 PM

for battery power, a Battery Geeks 10-14-88 which has been superseded by 10-14-100 or 10-14-130 (and possibly even a newer battery; it's been a while since I've checked their site)

if you're asking about phantom power, I use a Deneke PS2; nice and small and powered by a standard 9v transistor battery

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external power supply?
Post by: willndmb on April 26, 2014, 06:37:52 PM

For everyone's info (as Waltmon might not know either) - I assume he means 48v as the dr-60d supplies pip on channels 3/4
So he would need something that supplied power and had an output that could be run analog 1/8 in on the tascam

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external power supply?
Post by: waltmon on April 26, 2014, 06:51:56 PM

Im sorry I wasnt more descriptive...yes. something to power mics for input 3/4 thats feeds  3.5mm mini.

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external power supply?
Post by: obaaron on April 26, 2014, 07:12:59 PM

I use my tinybox with a xlr adapter

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external phantom power supply?
Post by: acidjack on April 28, 2014, 04:43:31 PM

I doubt that for the price you'd find something that made more sense than a tinybox or some other actual small preamp. Running just a straight P48 powered mic into that PIP input will require you to use tons of gain from it, I'd think, which is likely not optimal. But DR-60D owners may have a better sense.

When I run into the PIP input of my R-26, I always use a pre.

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external phantom power supply?
Post by: ScoobieKW on April 28, 2014, 05:05:58 PM

My two channel rig is Busman BSC1 (P48 mic) > Denecke PS-2 > Sony M10

The Denecke takes a 7-22 Volt battery and supplies 2 channels of P48

Depending on how much gain I need I choose between Mic In (PIP off) and Line In

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external phantom power supply?
Post by: willndmb on April 29, 2014, 09:09:15 AM

Quote from: acidjack on April 28, 2014, 04:43:31 PM

I doubt that for the price you'd find something that made more sense than a tinybox or some other actual small preamp. Running just a straight P48 powered mic into that PIP input will require you to use tons of gain from it, I'd think, which is likely not optimal. But DR-60D owners may have a better sense.

When I run into the PIP input of my R-26, I always use a pre.

the dr60d will add a max of 26db using its build in pre/gain

Title: Re: if you aren't running a preamp, whats your fave external phantom power supply?
Post by: Len Moskowitz (Core Sound) on April 29, 2014, 06:09:56 PM

If you need a two-channel 48V phantom power supply that can run on its own batteries for many hours, and provide the ful 10 mA per channel, and whose batteries can be hot-swapped, please take a look at our 2Phant: http://www.core-sound.com/2Phant/1.php (http://www.core-sound.com/2Phant/1.php)