thanks a lot!
very helpful.
Willem-Pier
stoatwizard wrote:
>
> --- In
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>, "w.p.vellinga"
> <> wrote:
> >
> > dear all,
> >
> > a friend in Paraguay wants to hook up a Net-MD (MZ-NF610 s) that he
> > happens to own to a Sennheiser ME-66. From specs I found on the
> internet
> > the Net-MD only has a line-in so I figure he needs a pre-amp. Right?
>
> Yup. Does his ME66 have the K6 or K6P module (ie is there somewhere to
> put the battery). If there is space for a battery then something like thi=
s
>
> http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-PREAMP-10
> <http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-PREAMP-10>
>
> would be okay. If there isn't space for a battery then he needs 48V
> phantom power and enters a whole new world of cost and pain to
> interface with a cheap line-in MD. Either way, a preamp isn't the sort
> of thing an electrician would knock up. An electronics enthusiast can
> do a good job with a 9V battery and a NE5534. You want about 20-40dB
> gain to drive a MD line in - a NH700 wants about -13dBu to drive it to
> full scale on line in at max sensitivity whereas it needs only -66dBu
> on mic in to go to full scale at max sens.
>
> Assuming he has the battery powered K6 module, for less than the cost
> of the preamp he could consider junking the NetMD which isn't really
> suited to this app and looking on ebay for a used HiMD recorder with
> mic input. Fewer boxes to worry about, fewer batteries to run down and
> the HiMD series have a low enough noise floor to work well with the
> ME66, and uncompressed recording capability to boot. I bought a spare
> used NH700 on ebay for about $60, which beats the cost of the preamp,
> and will have more gain and perform slightly better at low levels than
> the SP preamp (ein -105dBu as opposed to the NH700 10dB better at
> about -115dBu).
>
>
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Willem-Pier Vellinga
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