Hi everybody!
This is my first post here (after spending some time here reading and learning...).
My goal is some stereo classical music (chamber, baroque) live recording, fully legit (usually asked to do that) so no stealth requirements.
I already have a pair of AKG SE300B and probably will buy 2 beyer MC930.
For the recorder I'm narrowing down on PMD-661.
I'm wondering if a pair of SCA pre channels (T15, C84) could be a noticeable improvement on 661. What do you think about that?
(Perhaps a Lunatec V3 could be an even better answer, leaving the Marantz as a bit bucket...)
Moreover, no problem for building the SCA kits with a tri-voltage PSU for 220V, obviously problems rise on batteries. I suppose you can easily get +/- 16VDC from 3 12V SLAs with a humble resistive voltage divider too, but as usual 48V is a PITA.
Perhpas someone has good schematics or solutions for a DC-DC converter... (able to put out 20 mA total, not the common 555+voltage multiplier thingy...)
Happy taping!