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Re: Nakamichi CM-300

Subject: Re: Nakamichi CM-300
From: "Max" oatcruncher
Date: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:26 am ((PDT))
UPDATE
I have just found that the Nakamichi HAS damaged my LS-10!! I am no longer =
able to use my iRig with it - no response at all,  but oddly my AT-8022 doe=
s work, although I'm not sure it's supplying it's usual gain. Apart from th=
e Nakamichi lead wiring, the only other thing that's different is the plug.=
 The iRig (designed for iPod etc) has a TRRS plug, the AT has TRS, and the =
Nakamichi just mono. Some of you tech guys may be able to make sense of thi=
s, but it's beyond my ken.
Some part of the input stage has been damaged, and I'm already considering =
which other Olympus I'll buy.
Dejected
Max

--- In  "Max" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Umashankar,
> I was hoping to hear from you. What I need to know is, do I have to maint=
ain the wiring of the original lead (pin 2 to tip, pin 1 and 3 jumpered tog=
ether to shield), to use with my LS-10 direct?
> Cheers
> Max
>
> --- In  umashankar <umashanks@> wrote:
> >
> > nakamichi cm 300 is a transformer output balanced microphone. it is 9 v=
olt battery powered, but phantom voltages will not damage it.
> > =A0
> > umashankar
> >
> > From: "brini@" <brini@>
> > To: 
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:50 PM
> > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Nakamichi CM-300
> >
> >
> > Max,
> >
> > I don't know this mic and haven't used an LS-10 so I'll be brief.
> >
> > The mic has an unbalanced output which means one wire is connected to
> > ground. Make sure you don't have phantom power on as this will put 48V=

> > across the input as it is no longer "phantom". Phantom power is 48V app=
lied
> > equally to both input wires with respect to ground.
> >
> > To make the mic "balanced" or "floating" which would isolate the signal=

> > wires from ground, you would need a mic transformer in circuit. Balance=
d
> > means equal plus and minus inputs and floating means these inputs have =
no
> > connection with ground.
> >
> > One way to check it out would be to wire the mic with loose lesds or
> > whatever into the live inputs without a ground connection. You will get=
 hum
> > and interference but it may give a clue to whether a transcformer would=

> > help.
> >
> > David Brinicombe
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e.
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>








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