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Re: Extension Cable for Mic - better to extend XLR or 3.5mm Stereo?

Subject: Re: Extension Cable for Mic - better to extend XLR or 3.5mm Stereo?
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:49 pm ((PDT))
> Got the cable and mic together and all works well with the Oly LS-10.  In=
terestingly though it=92s only a 3 pin XLR connector on the mic, I guess wi=
th it being the battery powered unbalanced version (the AT825 is the same m=
ic but runs on phantom power) it only needs the 3 connectors.  This, of cou=
rse, makes finding a quality XLR extension cable even easier.

It=92s a non-standard use of the XLR, with left on 2 and right on 3. Label =
the adaptor as =93AT stereo only=94 or something like that. You could plug =
in a mono mic but the result would be unusable=97two channels out-of-phase.

> My next question is: Does anyone make an adapter to put a mic holder like=
 this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NMQJO?psc=3D1&redirect=3Dtrue&r=
ef_=3Dox_sc_sfl_title_9&smid=3DA17MC6HOH9AVE6 on a camera tripod 1/4-20 mou=
nt?  I have two really sturdy tripod and was hoping I could press one in to=
 use to hold the microphone rather than buy a dedicated stand, or is there =
a flaw with this plan that I=92ve overlooked?

The suspension likely comes with a screw-in adaptor to 3/8=94. Then you nee=
d a 3/8 to 1/4 adaptor:

http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Unit-Microphone-Screw-Thread/dp/B00SW64IJ8/r=
ef=3Dsr_1_1?s=3Dmusical-instruments&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1439430450&sr=3D1-1&key=
words=3D3%2F8+to+1%2F4+screw+thread+adaptor

-Dan





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