I think this dirty connection is the reason that I am rebuilding my
patch cable. I am experiencing noise when moving the mini plug
during recording. I had installed a right angle mini and it would
rotate a bit each time the cable moved.
1GDW
--- In "Rich Peet" <>
wrote:
> Short answer: Don't put in a capacitor.
>
> Long answer: The ME series mics will use phantom power if it is
> available even if the battery switch is on. Any voltage source
> voltage 0 to 55 volts is not going to effect the operation of a ME
> series mic. It will still give a loud click when phantom is
turned
> on or off even if the battery is turned on. PIP is not enough
power
> to charge a ME-66 so the battery is needed. A capacitor has a
slight
> effect in degrading the audio signal even if a good quality
capacitor
> is used. I can see the argument that the PIP increases the noise
of
> a mic connect with a dirty connection and that may be minimized
with
> the capacitor. Minidisc recorders with plug in power should have
> gold plated connectors on the mini end to eliminate this problem.
The
> silver colored connectors are known to be the worst in this
regard.
> Radio Shack does sell inexpensive gold plated connectors. With
these
> connectors I wear through the gold in one recording season but
still
> prefer this over the use of a capacitor.
>
> Rich Peet
>
>
> --- In "1GDW" <>
wrote:
> > I ran across instructions for building a patch cable to connect
a
> > mini disk recorder to a microphone using an XLR at
> >
>
http://www.trentu.ca/trentradio/audiosoup/as_cfrc040131/mic2minidisc.
> > htm
> > The suggestion is to include a capacitor in the line to disable
the
> > power from the mini disk. Would this be advisable when
connecting
> a
> > Sennheiser ME-66 to a mini disk? I have a patch cable now that
> does
> > not include the capacitor and it works but I wonder if this
could
> be
> > an improvement.
> > 1GDW
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