Re: Ares PII+ mic input

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

>"Danny Meltzer" wrote:
>>  How does a microphone interface with [the Ares PII+]...

Oryoki wrote,

>There's a 12 pin DIN connector on the bottom end of the Ares PII+.
>Nagra offers XLR to 12 pin cables for both one and two channel
>recording.  The Ares PII+ provides 48V phantom power to mics attached
>in this way. 
>
>At the top end of the PII+, there's a socket for a mic capsule.  Nagra
>offers mono and stereo electret condenser mic capsules for this socket.

I believe that the mic socket at the top is the 12-pin DIN. One 
socket serves all.

>[rant] "Nagra offers" is a nice way of saying you have to pay extra
>for this item. Even a $200 digital camera comes with a manual and a
>wrist strap.  You'd think that you'd get these items with the $2900
>PII+, but nooooo, they're optional. [/rant]

It's Swiss.

-Dan Dugan (disclosure: Nagra dealer)