> so, my question now is does anyone other than DPA make a microdot to xlr
> adaptor that might be wired the way thats been suggested ?
Jez,
the easiest way to workaround around the problem would probably be to use a
battery-operated external phantom power supply.
As far as I understand, the microdot interface of the DPA microphones is just a
2 wire connection, where both the signal and the power is transmitted through
the same wire. I therefore believe that the signal wire of the microdot cable
is probaly connected (perhaps through a series resistor) directly to the XLR
pin 2 (or pin 3). You can probably balance the adapter (or even make your own
one) by inserting an adjustable resistor (a 5k ohm potentiometer for instance)
between ground and the other XLR signal pin 3 (or 2). You could then use a
simple voltmeter for measusing the DC voltage between pin 2 and 3 and adjust
the potentiometer until that voltage gets zero. This must of course be done
while the microphone is connected to the adapter.
Regards,
Raimund
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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