For naturesound recordists, Plug In Power is excellent. It is another
matter for the trumpet player.
You can run up to 10 volts into EMKS23 and there is no problem making
a conversion from phantom power.
Klas.
As I like
At 20:08 2007-05-01, you wrote:
>At 6:11 PM +0100 5/1/07, Andrew Carter wrote:
> >Thanks Rob and Jerry for your great efforts.
> >Klas will be pleased at the results!
> >Being technically illiterate, could someone please explain to me what
> >happens to the PIP mics when those of us with MD's etc move inevitably
> >over to the new CF type recorders with phantom power.
> >Thanks
> >ANDREW
>
>Thanks Andrew-
>Yes and, at last last, there are high-quality, highly compatible mics
>to invest the savings from a ~$300 Hi-MD recorder into. (no extra
>boxes, bulky mics etc).
>
>Many recorders will retain 1/8" stereo PIP; I noticed the $1000 Nagra
>ARES does. PIP operation does not seem to compromise quality, so at
>the point you buy a recorder with an unbalanced mic jack without PIP,
>you could make a DIY battery powered supply to insert in-line (or
>Klas might be able to add one to the purchase price of an EMKS-23.
>Sound Professionals also sells them for around $70). The capsules can
>probably be wired to run on phantom power too (though you'd need to
>spend over $500 for a recorder today that can compete with HiMD/PIP
>low-noise performance). I know Klas is not keen on supplying them as
>phantom because PIP is just as good and so elegant.
>
>The test is up in the gallery now:
>http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/pages/EMKS-23-WL183-WM-61A=
-EM158-NT4-35-0190-MicsComp.html
> Rob D.
>
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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