But when a dynamic mic is connected unbalanced in a male XLR and pin 3 is
internally connected to ground.....then...
I'm not sure it hurts the mic, but I'm certain that it sounds "strange".....
I heard of mixers in ancient times which switched the phantom power off, if
pin 2 or 3 was grounded.
Klas.
At 02:28 2006-04-24, you wrote:
>It's true that phantom power won't affect a balanced dynamic mic at
>all. If it's hot-patched, i.e. plugged in when phantom is on, there's
>no guarantee that pins two and three will mate at the same time. But
>for that instant, if say pin two is connected to 48V and pin three is
>open, still no significant current will flow. And when pin three
>makes with the same 48V, there won't be any significant pulse then,
>either.
>
>I'd still avoid plugging a ribbon mic in to a hot 48V input...just to
>be on the safe side.
>
>-Dan Dugan
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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