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Gear / Technical Help => Battery Boxes, Preamps, Mixers, ADCs, and Processors => Topic started by: poorlyconditioned on October 31, 2005, 04:51:05 PM
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Is anyone out there using tranformers? I've got a couple Shure A95U tranformers. They're 75-300ohm on the lo-z size and 4300ohm on the high-Z side. Something like 22dB gain they say. These are (supposedly) a bit better then the A85 version.
I'm thinking of putting this in front of a pair of AT853 and driving line in on a NJB3 or MD. Is that going to sound better than using a (cheap, built in) mic preamp? I guess I'll give it a try and let people know...
Richard
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Is that going to sound better than using a (cheap, built in) mic preamp?
Yes.
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i'm using line transformers into a AD500e- And it sounds great. I love the small package, no powering issues; and yes, its been confirmed, they sound a hell of a lot better than cheap mic pres, much more quiet.
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Is anyone out there using tranformers? I've got a couple Shure A95U tranformers. They're 75-300ohm on the lo-z size and 4300ohm on the high-Z side. Something like 22dB gain they say. These are (supposedly) a bit better then the A85 version.
I'm thinking of putting this in front of a pair of AT853 and driving line in on a NJB3 or MD. Is that going to sound better than using a (cheap, built in) mic preamp? I guess I'll give it a try and let people know...
Richard
I use AT CP8201's in my travel rig...been real happy with them the output though is 50KOhm so they might not be good for load impedences much less than that. I run them into and SBM-1 which has a 47 KOhm input load impedance which is just right for these.
And a definite yes on these sounding better than cheep mic pre's and good mic pre's for that matter.
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