Does the phantom power supply he's designed produce less noise? Are
you free to tell us more? Is it portable? What operating voltage? Rob
D.
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At 9:15 PM +0100 11/22/05, Klas Strandberg wrote:
>According to my friend it is more or less by chance all the time if a power
>device works or not. He sais that all modern IC-circuit for the purpose
>have a tendency to drift away in frequency. In his experience only one of
>them work under all circumstances, stable and pure. In his opinion, the
>Rolls is a very conventional and thereby unreliable device. ... if it
>works, it works... kind of.
>
>Klas.
>
>At 19:43 2005-11-22, you wrote:
>>One would think that a good phantom circuit would be easy to include
>>like a good mic pre, but the demands might be at odds with small size
>>and the low DC voltages involved. The 722 and 744 had phantom issues
>>all the way through beta testing and they're ~11 volts and up. There
>>are quite a few audio interfaces/pres that the run on AC wall warts
>>apparently because of phantom powering demands. Len Moskowitz cited
>>likely problems with the MT24/96's phantom when he first laid eyes on
>>it. Are there other ~3-4 volt DC voltage devices that have good
>>phantom circuit performance besides the Sound Devices MP2 and MixPre?
>>Rob D
>>
>>At 6:18 PM +0100 11/22/05, Klas Strandberg wrote:
>> >Yes, I will appreciate that! It makes it a much better recorder.
>> >Thanks Oryoki!
>> >I just wish they had a better phantom power supply installed. Might come
>> >with the next model.
>> >
>> >Klas.
>> >
>> >At 16:14 2005-11-22, you wrote:
>> >>M-Audio has released a firmware update for
>> >>the Microtrack 2496.
>> >>
>> >>Klas, you'll appreciate these two fixes:
>> >>
>> >>1. The level meters now work in REC/PAUSE mode.
>> >>
>> >>2. When recording from mic or line inputs, the
>> >>headphone monitor now works in REC/PAUSE as well
>> >>as REC mode.
>> >>
>> >>Before rushing out to buy this $350 machine,
>> >>nature recordists should take note of its low
>> >>record levels relative to the Sony Hi-MD
>> >>recorder. This is demonstrated in message
>> >>20599 posted by Rob D. Thanks again, Rob!
>> >>
>> >>--oryoki
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>"Microphones are not ears,
>> >>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> >>A listening room is not nature."
>> >>Klas Strandberg
>> >>Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>> >S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>> >Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>> >email:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >"Microphones are not ears,
>> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> >A listening room is not nature."
>> >Klas Strandberg
>> >Yahoo! Groups Links
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>--
>>Rob Danielson
>>Film Department
>>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>
>>
>>
>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email:
>
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
--
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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