scottykarate Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Just bought a Sony Nh 900 i'd like to use my nice tube mic to record, with an A.R.T pre-amp in front of it (its a phantom powered mic). Im assuming that other mics bought/used for MD are passive (non-powered) and that there is a 'power-stage' on board the nh900. Am I able to use an 'active' (powered) mic with MD's. My concern is blowin' it up. So, can an active mic be used on an MD or is it best to stay with a passive only?Thanks, SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 MD's mic preamps have "plug-in power" which is a low-voltage variant of phantom power meant mainly for unbalanced stereo condensor microphones. It has no effect on dynamic ['passive'] mics.If you're using an external preamp with a P48 mic, you should have no problems. Any decent preamp should have DC filtering to protect it from such a thing anyway, but in any case - it's the line-in you want to use with the preamp. Not the mic-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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