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8. Re: Beginner Equipment Question

Subject: 8. Re: Beginner Equipment Question
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:09 pm ((PDT))
Yes Rick, it was a 9 volt battery.

cheers,

Vicki



On 13/10/2010, at 10:08 PM, Rick Munday wrote:

> Thanks Vicki!  The LS10 is the recorder we're looking at and you
> provided a
> real world example.
>
> Was this a 9V battery as others are posting or something else?
>
>
> Every post here get's me more excited about recording.
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:17 PM, vickipowys
> <>wrote:
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>> I had no improvement in gain when using PIP mics via a battery box to
>> an Olympus LS10. The signal strength and noise levels were about the
>> same with or without the battery box.
>>
>> The one advantage I found though, for a battery box to LS10, was when
>> using a long lead (25 metres in my case), where I placed the battery
>> box at the mic end then ran the signal only (not the power) back
>> through the cable to the recorder. That way I had no crackling if I
>> happened to move the input plug going into the LS10. Previously when
>> running power from the LS10 to the mics via a 25 m lead, the input
>> plug was prone to crackle with the slightest bump.
>>
>> Vicki
>>
>>
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