At 11:59 AM +0000 3/27/07, maxfrick78 wrote:
>Hi group,
>I want to buy a battery 48V Phantom Power supply like the ART
>phantom II or Rolls PB224.
>Rob Danielson often uses the Rolls in his tests, but the ART is also metio=
ned.
> I browsed the
>posts on those but couldn't find any direct comparison. So my
>question would be:
>
>Does anyone know of advantages of the ART over the Rolls or vice
>versa? I'm thinking of
>weight,
similar
> stability of power supply,
the same, I use 12 volts external,
> current drain,
similar
> quality of construction,
Rolls has the advantage in it its battery drawers
> ease of use,
the rolls is taller, takes up a bit more recording bag space
>noise
>level
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/mediafiles/PB224_ArtPhantII=
Noise&Compare.mov
> and so on. The price is less important to me since they are both
>relatively low-cost (so if
>there's any device three times the money but more reliable in some
>way that'd be interesting
>too..)
The Denecke P2-S is respected but NOT for PIP inputs. It has a
problem with all the PIP circuits I tried it with, even blocking
capacitors would not address it. The Art and Rolls pass this test.
Haven't tried Core Sound's unit that was just mentioned. Rob D.
>greetings,
>Max
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudsp
--
Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/
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