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Re: Battery v phantom power

Subject: Re: Battery v phantom power
From: "Robin" escalation746
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 5:07 pm ((PST))
Philip Tyler wrote:

> 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.

You know, I asked just that very question about the K6/ME66 a couple of months 
back and received the unexpected reply that the self-noise was the same powered 
either way.

I would welcome further information on this point. Has anyone actually tested 
this? I would imagine so, since it is a very popular microphone. I will be 
buying one (or not) based on the results.

-- robin







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