Topic: AKGC1000s + ua-5 (phantom power question)

[stigs]

Hello.

I have been taping with a pair of 1000's for close to a year now. Just recently I purchased a ua-5 for laptop taping.

Getting a chance to use it for the first time this Wed. and had a simple question.

To take advantage of the ua-5's phantom power, do I need to have the 9V battery in the mics and the switch set to on? Or will that somehow 'override' the phantom power from the ua-5?

Thanks for your time.

[TaperBryan]

i ran c1000s > ua5 for just at a year as well.......but, i never used the phantom power.  i always just ran the 9v batt.

[stigs]

Doesn't the phantom power from the ua-5 provide an increase in sound quality (es. in loud environments)?

[jkbyram]

i only use mine with phantom power. why worry about carrying batteries when you can use the full 48v phantom power in the UA-5 instead of 9v batteries?

[stigs]

I know, but do you have to have batteries in and switched to 'on' for it to take the phantom power?

[Dutchman1101]

I know, but do you have to have batteries in and switched to 'on' for it to take the phantom power?

No. The mic does not have to have a battery in it and it does not have to be turned on.

[jmerin]

my friend ran those mics into a V3 and when the battery was in, the phantom didn't work, but when the batterys were out the phantom worked

jon

[TaperBryan]

honestly...i just never thought to run the c1000s w/ the phantom power.....

[F.O.Bean]

1000's>v3 thats a weird setup

thats like putting michelin tires on a rolls royce

[Dutchman1101]

1000's>v3 thats a weird setup

thats like putting michelin tires on a rolls royce

True 

[stigs]

Well I played around with it a bit today and you can run the Phantom without the 9V in the mics, but the switch has to be on.

[Nick Graham]

1000's>v3 thats a weird setup

thats like putting michelin tires on a rolls royce

True

True indeed, but there have been some really, really good tapes made with this setup.

Do a search over at the LMA for "Steven Gatto" (this may be who ya'll are talking about), he ran that for over a year, and has a couple dozen Derek Trucks shows on the archive - and they're all fantastic.