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Re: Help upgrading my sound recording system

Subject: Re: Help upgrading my sound recording system
From: "Nick Roast" <>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:05:16 -0000
Please note that the FEL 3.5 Series preamps are now available for
on-line ordering directly from our website: 

http://www.felmicamps.co.uk/Ordering.html

Nick Roast, FEL Communications.


--- In  "oryoki2000" <>
wrote:
> "Andrew Carter" wrote:
> > another preamp can found here:
> > http://www.felmicamps.co.uk/
> 
> The Felmicamps approach differs from the Maycom MicTube.  The FEL
3.5
> series is better described as a signal booster than a pre-amp. It
> provides a constant 20dB of amplification to the signal from your
mic.
>  The cable must be plugged into the mic input on your minidisc
machine
> because the signal booster runs on plug-in power.  So your mic
signal
> still runs through the minidisc pre-amp before being recorded.  You
> control the level of the recording via the volume control on the
minidisc.
> 
> Since the MicTube has its own battery, it can be used with any
> recorder that has a line-in port.  The FEL 3.5 series has no battery
> of its own, and so requires plug-in power which AFAIK is available
> only on minidisc machines. 
> > 
> Nick Roast of Felmicamps participates in this Yahoo group. See
message
> 11649 for a more complete description of the advantages of the FEL
3.5
> series.
> 
> I have used the FEL 3.5 series signal booster, and it does improve
the
> quality of recordings on consumer-grade minidisc machines.  The
> increase in signal strength means you can record with the minidisc
> volume on a low setting, reducing unwanted side effects.  I'll try
to
> get a MicTube, and compare the results.
> 
> Felmicamps 3.5 series 
> http://www.felmicamps.co.uk/Products/fel3.5series.html
> ~$90 USD, out of stock at minidisco.com 



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