So, last week I used my AT933's (see complete rig in sig) for the first and 2nd time. Both times resulted in a recording with (not horrible) distortion.
Someone told me that the low impedance of the iRiver could play a part in this. So, I made a test cable with 2 47k resistors in it, put it between battery box and the iriver and ran a test with mics in front of a speaker. Without the test cable i got the distortion. With test cable the distortion was a bit less to my idea, there was more bass and the recording overall was less clear. (samples can be provided)
So, my conclusion is that a higher impedance will not solve my problem. Now I'm thinking of putting mini xlr's on the mics and built/buy a 3-wire battery box. Will this prevent distortion on future recordings?
If so, i'm willing to give soldering the new connectors a try. I'm not very experienced with soldering, so would someone please put up the pics in
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=18846.0 for me?
thanks in advance