If you make your own cable make sure it's damn stable! Especially the mi=

ni-jack...
Message: 2. 
Subject: The reduction of selfnoise in that little mobile recording setup was 
eno=
rmous! I didn't
measure the difference in dB, but it should be something like 10 or 12 dB r=
eduction of the
noisefloor. If you own an NT4 and record silent stuff removing the pad is a=
 MUST!!!

I also talked to the R=F8de guys at NAMM and they confirmed what I suspecte=
d: they'd put it in
because consumer MD recorders couldn't handle the high signal.. that's the =
concert tapers I
guess..
greetings,
Max