Re: Battery v phantom power

["Flawn Williams" flawn1951]

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> I don't have a Rode NTG 2, but I do have Sennheiser K6/ME66 which
> can be powered by either a 1.5v AA cell or phantom power. To my ears
> when powered by the battery I find them much noisier than when
> powered by phantom power.


If your mike runs on a AA battery, you can raise the power supply rail
by substituting two higher voltage cells in series, each of which is
the same diameter and half the length of a standard AA. This has been
shown to make a positive difference in some mikes' output level and
noise specs. The 3.6V batteries which are common for computer clock
backup and security alarm system wireless transmitters can be used for
this. Radio Shack once specified a pair of half-AA 6-volt batteries
for this purpose for their PZM plate mikes.