« Reply #208 on: July 17, 2006, 01:34:11 PM »
No they would not, because the AKG bodies have a FET in them already, what you see when you unscrew the cap is the connection between the FET and the capsule.
You need a bare polarization voltage to transmit over a long enough distance to the FET at the capsule, there is no way to get that polarization voltage from the connector on the bodies. This is what i've gathered from my ideas and experiments.
Actually, you *could* make an extension cable to run the capsules from the 460/480 bodies. Well, basically you would just get the polarization voltage from the 460/480 body and run it to the cap with the FETs *at the capsule*, then take the signal off the FETs. So the body would do nothing but provide the polarization voltage.
But I am not interested in doing this. I don't want to buy/carry the mic body! The whole point for me is to have mics for a cheap price, for just the price of the capsules. Others are welcome to experiment with using the existing bodies, adding preamps to bring output to line level, etc.
OK, the next step is to build this into a collette at the mic capsule. (So, does anyone have collettes for these capsules?) Next I'll try to field test.
Thanks for your interest!
Richard
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