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Re: Power supply

Subject: Re: Power supply
From: "Danny Meltzer" dannymeltzer
Date: Thu Feb 5, 2009 10:38 am ((PST))
What is a 12v mic?  You mean like one that uses plug-in power?  To power th=
ose you need
an inline battery box or a separate preamp.  Otherwise the mic ought to hav=
e an onboard
power solution [battery].

Danny

--- In  chattopadhyay budhaditya
<> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> While working with a project to record=A0by non-phantom powered microphon=
es (like
12V) on SD 702, I stumbled upon the fact that SD doesn't have any other pow=
er options
than 48V. I just want to know if anybody in this list can direct me a way t=
o=A0solve this
problem by letting me know any option to=A0feed power to these kind of mics=
 by SD 702.
>
> Bests,
>
> Budhaditya=A0=A0
> =A0
> Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
> Sound Practice
> www.myspace.com/budhaditya
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Rob Danielson <>
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 8:09:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Nady DMP-2 phantom mic preamp
>
>
> Justin--
> Except for the Sound Device products, none of the external mic pres
> you mention are as quiet as the mic pre that is built into the Sony
> PCM D50. The next step-up in noise performance would probably be the
> Fostex FR2-LE. Using an external pre and line input to improve
> performance is an approach better suited for an existing recorder
> with a noisy pre. A good, used external stereo mic pre with phantom
> power is about the same price as a new Fostex and all you gain is
> bulk. Rob D.
>
> At 11:47 AM +0000 2/1/09, justinasia wrote:
> >Hi Paul
> >I found this mail you sent last year. I wanted to ask you offlist but
> >could not find how to mail you directly. I hope it's OK to ask on the
> >list like this. I put my question below:
> >
> >--- In
> ><naturereco rdists%40yahoogr oups.com>naturerecordists@ yahoogrou=
ps.
com,
> >Paul Slabaugh <texdig@>
> >> You ask, do I need pre-amps. Yes, I want line level to avoid the mic
> >pre's in my Sony PCM D50 ...though their circuit noise has a smooth
> >far off ocean quality, it is very much there at high recording
> >settings. Clean line levels would bump up that S/N ratio. That is why
> >I am returning a $300 (overpriced! ) BeachTek dual phantom xlr box
> >because it is passive ...no amplification. I just want clean
> >amplification ...seems that paying extra mostly gets you extra non
> >essential fluff on these devices. Until you pay enough for marketing
> >fluff AND good circuit (Shure's or Sound Designs) the important specs
> >just aren't that great. I'd be happy with a clean circuit in a rusty
> >can ...hobbyists build such circuits fairly cheap. This new recorder I
> >have takes care of the extras like limiting tremendously well as it
> >simultaneously records lower level tracks and instantly uses them if
> >things get loud.
> >>
> >> I just want a hole in...clean amp... hole out ! ...will keep looking.
> >>
> >
> >Did you ever find one? I am also thinking of getting the D50 so I am
> >interested about this.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Justin
> >
> >
>
> --
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