John -
Thanks very much, that is indeed helpful. I'm still waiting for
delivery on my 2nd 183.
These are really nice little mics. I clipped one on the bell of my
sax, and got a great clear sound. A lot of mechanical coupling going
on I know, but it handled it rwally well.
Ken
--- In "John Hartog"
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> > another intersting mounting idea. I can't quite tell from your photo
> > what you connected those Shure propietary (? do these have a name?)
> > connectors into. From Curt's site it looks like he rewired his direct
> > to XLR?
>
> Hi Ken, This should help a little.
> Searching the archive, I found message 19189 where Rob provided
> diagrams of two ways to wire the 183s.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/message/19189
> http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/shure183p-i-pAdaptercable.jpg
> http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/ShureWR-183WiringNoTA4M's.jpg
>
> You can keep the TA4F connectors intact and make an adapter cable
> using two TA4M some stereo wire connectors and a 3.5mm stereo miniplug
> - that's how I did mine.
> Or you can remove the TA4F connectors and wire the cables directly to
> the miniplug.
>
> The first adapter I made was only a few inches long which meant I had
> to fasten my recorder to the tree, since the cables would not reach to
> the ground. In my photo you saw a temporary solution to the problem,
> where I used a cheap 10 foot headphone extension cable connected to
> the adapter. That extension cable seemed to cause noise problems, so I
> abandoned it: and then made a new adapter cable with longer cables.
> I ordered my connectors from www.btx.com
> Right angle stereo miniplug: #CA-35HDRABAU
> Male four pin mini xlr - TAF4M: #CA-TA4ML
>
> I will post some more photos of the microphone mounts as soon as I
> find a camera to borrow.
> -John Hartog
>
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