additional suggestion: use test leads or bare wire connected to an XLR
plug and poke them into the DIN plug to find out what's what before
cutting it off! Who knows, maybe it will have more value if you decide
not to keep it. I'd just bet it is worth more as a collector's item
than as a useable mic, good mics being so inexpensive today! Otherwise
Rob's suggestions are good.
2c,
<L>
Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689
On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:
> As its dynamic mic, there's no real risk of testing the leads if you
> 1. _turn off the phantom supply of the mic input on your recorder_
> 2, turn down it pre mic gain to 2 or 3
> 3. plug in an xlr cable with prewired "pigtails that are safely
> separated
> 4. Monitor what you are doing with eadphones and
> 5. try not to don't short out the inputs to ground
>
> Clip off the DIN plug, expose the leads and briefly test them on the
> pigtails connected to the XLR connector plugged into your recorder.
> We know what the XLR looks for: XLR pin #1 =3D braided shield, XLR 2=3D
> High (often white or red) and XLR3 =3D low (often black or other darker
> color).
> Rob D.
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