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Re: Novice's Progress - Report #2

Subject: Re: Novice's Progress - Report #2
From: "Rob Danielson"
Date: Wed May 3, 2006 6:18am(PDT)
Hi Julian--
Yes, the more recent ones sold within the last
couple of years. We never determined a serial #
transition point. Its inside of the XLR-5. Here's
the simple way we eliminated it from our 30 units:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/NT-4ConnectorCircuit&ModSm.jpg
Rob D.

  =3D =3D=3D



At 10:03 AM +0100 5/3/06, Julian Baldwin wrote:
>Rob,
>Which cable (XLR to 3.5mm Jack) with an attenuation circuit are you
>referring to?
>
>Do you mean that the one supplied by R=F6de with the mic incorporates an
>attenuator or was this an alternative lead that you were using?
>
>Julian
>Bristol, England
>
>******************
>    Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:57:26 -0500
>    From: Rob Danielson <>
>Subject: Re: Novice's Progress - Report #2
>
>[Julian wrote...] SNIP
>Re:
>>Maybe I should invest in a phantom power supply.  I wonder if this
>will improve the performance of the NT4?
>
>When I tested this, there was no change or
>improvement that I could detect comparing 9 volt
>to phantom powering through a Rolls PB224 for the
>NT-4.  The mic's poor performance in the first
>few tests proved to be from the attenuation
>circuit in the cable XLR5->1/8" mini cable.
>Continued success with your recordings. Rob D.
>
>--
>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
>
>
>
>


--
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee





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