Excellent correction and tip. If the DR-680's are delivered to the
dealers by the end of next month, maybe I can get one from Sweetwater
to bring to the Recordist Campout and we can do a side-by side to
answer questions about the mic pres.
At 10:53 AM -0400 3/24/10, wrote:
> According to the pic on page 10 of the DR-680 manual, all six
>inputs can have phantom, chosen in pairs 1/2, 3/4, and 5/6. No extra
>phantom supply needed.
>
>This is both good and bad. Good that you don't need the extra gear.
>Bad because strange things can happen if you insert a TRS plug into
>a TRS jack with phantom applied to that jack. Tascam notes several
>times in the manual that best practice for ALL its inputs (not just
>the TRS 5/6) is to have phantom turned off until all connections
>have been made for a given pair of channels, then turn the phantom
>switch on.
>
>Rob wrote:
>
>Looks like one could use a Rolls
>or Art Phantom II portable phantom power supply in order to use
>condenser mics the channel 5/6 mic inputs.
>
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