The K6 is intelligent. It will use 48 V if given to it and if it
sees phantom power less than what it needs it will use its AA battery
when it is switched on. I have never seen a K6 unit with a battery
get someone into trouble with any recorder.
Rich
--- In Dan Dugan <> wrote:
> Stuart Fairbairn wrote:
>
> >It's not a parallel but I use a K6 with a Sony MRZ-30 which has
phantom
> >power I think.
>
> It's important to know the difference between phantom power and
> plug-in power. Phantom power, nominally 48 Volts, is used by
> professional condensor microphones. It only works on balanced
> (3-wire) circuits. Plug-in power works with inexpensive condensor
> microphones, wired unbalanced. High-end consumer cassette recorders
> and all MD recorders with mike inputs supply plug-in power,
typically
> a few volts, always on unbalanced circuits.
>
> -Dan Dugan
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