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Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« on: January 13, 2004, 08:49:23 PM »
I did an andvance search back 9999 days and couldn't find any posts with any mention of this type of mic power...
here's link to some site I found while searching for phantom power to run in front of my AD/pre...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--RLLPB223

anyone here use this...
 ???

edit: would it even work with most mics?
« Last Edit: January 13, 2004, 08:51:00 PM by spreadahead »
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2004, 09:20:53 PM »
I did an andvance search back 9999 days and couldn't find any posts with any mention of this type of mic power...
here's link to some site I found while searching for phantom power to run in front of my AD/pre...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--RLLPB223

anyone here use this...
 ???

edit: would it even work with most mics?

seems to be just what the doctor ordered except that it's powered on 12v's... that's kind of pain in the ass considering other phantom boxes are powered off of internal batteries (9v's usually). But I don't see why it wouldn't work.
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2004, 10:13:57 PM »
I did an andvance search back 9999 days and couldn't find any posts with any mention of this type of mic power...
here's link to some site I found while searching for phantom power to run in front of my AD/pre...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--RLLPB223

anyone here use this...
 ???

edit: would it even work with most mics?

Yeah...
I had one for a little while. It worked fine.
I think it works with (2) 9v in the field.

Edit:
Get the PB224, it provides phantom power to two microphones.
It is powered with (2) 9vdc batteries
Provides: 20mA

I dumped it when I started using the Oktava's, because it wasn't providing enough voltage with the high current drain MC012's.
« Last Edit: January 13, 2004, 10:20:47 PM by calico »
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2004, 12:10:51 AM »
here is a link to a battery pack for this unit...
 http://www.ttdabomb.com/product.asp?section=Pro_Accessories&productid=7824
it is 2 piece to cary around, but for 65 bucks or so I could power 2 mics....right?
anyone who knows better, would this work?
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2004, 03:07:21 PM »
here is a link to a battery pack for this unit...
 http://www.ttdabomb.com/product.asp?section=Pro_Accessories&productid=7824
it is 2 piece to cary around, but for 65 bucks or so I could power 2 mics....right?
anyone who knows better, would this work?

It looks like it will power two microphones.
That particular unit doesn't use (2) 9v batteries like the PB224. You'd have to carry a 12v to power it in the field. If you use it in a studio or somewhere with AC you'd be good to go with that AC/DC adapter.

What microphones are you going to use with it?
As I mentioned earlier it might not supply enough juice if you run higher current microphones.
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2004, 04:09:31 PM »
right now I have min-mic and batt box...
I'm just trying to get an idea on a total mic/power price...
this only puts out 48v....will that work on most mics?
edit:  I have found one that takes 2 9v batteries in the feld...
I'm about to buy mics (looking) and just want to be able to power em.....
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2004, 04:31:21 PM »
I have used the PB224 and it is a total piece of crap.  There is a reason it is so cheap.  One of the channels crapped out on me after a few monthes of use and I took very good care of it.  
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2004, 06:22:00 PM »
heres something simular, but powered by 2 9v's.  Cheaper as well.  i would go this route, unless you wanna build a battery pack, which wouldnt be to tough.  good luck.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ARTPHANII
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Re:Anyone use Rolls PB223 to power their mics?
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2004, 11:23:38 PM »
I used the pb224 for a while it worked fine but not the best built unit. Runs for a long time on the 2 9 volts

 

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