ART T8 8-Channel Transformer Isolator

[timboZ]

Anybody know anything about the ART T8 8-Channel Transformer Isolator

ART T8 @ Musician Friend

PDF Manual

Can it be used like this..............


XLR in from mic
XLR Out to main FOH mixer
1/4 HiZ out to recording desk

Will the XLR in - XLR out pass phantom power or is it on a X-former?
And is the ground lifted on the XLR in - XLR out?

The manual dose not have a schematic.
What is on the X-former?

[dgatwood]

Originally Posted by timboZ

XLR in from mic
XLR Out to main FOH mixer
1/4 HiZ out to recording desk

1/4" will never pass phantom power. Transformers do not pass phantom power, either.

Why in the world would you want to do something like this anyway?

[Track Rat]

To help with ground loops and such where you might have the mics doing double duty (one side of a split going to a PA and the other split going to a multitrack).

[timboZ]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

1/4" will never pass phantom power. Transformers do not pass phantom power, either.

I know 1/4 will mot pass phantom power. I asked if the XLR in to XLR out will pass phantom power.
Is the XLR in - XLR out on a transformer.

Originally Posted by dgatwood

Why in the world would you want to do something like this anyway?

I want to split the cable to run the XLR to the FOH mixer and the 1/4 to the multy-track recorder.

[Adam P]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

1/4" will never pass phantom power.

I hope what you meant to say is that 1/4" line inputs on a mixer won't provide phantom power, because a 1/4" conductor certainly can conduct phantom power.

[dgatwood]

Originally Posted by Adam P

I hope what you meant to say is that 1/4" line inputs on a mixer won't provide phantom power, because a 1/4" conductor certainly can conduct phantom power.

Well, sure, electrically, it is physically capable of passing voltage... but no piece of gear on the planet (AFAIK) is wired that way....

[Ford Van]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

1/4" will never pass phantom power.

Yes, it will. I have done it many times.

[Adam P]

Originally Posted by dgatwood

Well, sure, electrically, it is physically capable of passing voltage... but no piece of gear on the planet (AFAIK) is wired that way....

I know, and now I know that you know. I just didn't want a person who doesn't know to read that and automatically think that its somehow physically impossible for phantom power to be conducted on a 1/4" connection.

[dgatwood]

Originally Posted by Adam P

I know, and now I know that you know. I just didn't want a person who doesn't know to read that and automatically think that its somehow physically impossible for phantom power to be conducted on a 1/4" connection.

True enough. Somebody could, I suppose, do something like turn phantom on, then plug their guitar into the mic input using an adapter. Pop... sizzle....