Hi All,
Last night i taped a small act in Staten Island with my audix mics and the preamp brickwalled like crazy on me. It kept reading that the batteries were low (which they were not, they were fresh batts). Once the band took a short break, the battery light went to green and only went back to red (low power) when they started playing and the damn preamp was brickwalling again. However, on the second half of the gig i moved the mics away from a stack and even though the preamps lights kept lighting up for overloading, the sound was ok (not distorted). So, what i was wondering is if the audix mics run hot (if thats possible for a mic) and i guess i'm in the market for a stealthy preamp, i'm willing to spend $500 on new or used. I think that auto 20db gain is the culprit and would like to get a preamp that can turn off the gain if necessary. Thanks for any input!