Hi Dan--
Please do let us know if you confirm the TA-4 to 3.5mm p-i-p
modification on your new set of 183's from the MX183BP kit. Folks on
the Micbuilders list suspect there must be some FET circuitry in the
C-122 cable/capsule holder. I've been looking for 183's on eBay to
experiment with, none auctioned so far. Rob D.
At 9:40 PM -0700 6/27/04, Dan Dugan wrote:
>I've just purchased another pair of Shure 183s. For maximum
>flexibility, I bought the version with a battery/phantom power
>module, MX183BP. I figured that way I could use them with my Sharp MD
>recorder, for which I made a mini-stereo plug adaptor from the TA4
>connectors, or with professional mic inputs, phantom-powered through
>the power modules.
>
>I was disappointed to discover that the output level from the power
>module is significantly lower, and the inherent noise higher, than
>what you get with the raw mics on plug-in-power! I won't be able to
>use them with the modules for nature recording. They'd be ok for
>other applications like sound reinforcement or recording of
>higher-level sources.
>
>The last I heard Sound Professionals had discontinued selling 183s
>(too bad), but I can make adaptors for the WL-183, the raw version
>with the TA4 connector, or remove the connectors to "Y" them both
>directly into a mini-stereo, the way SP packaged them.
>
>-Dan Dugan
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