Forty Dollar V63

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I have the non-battery powered version, and it's very nice for what it does. Sounds great on my vocals, and on acoustic guitar about a foot and a half away from where the neck meets the body. I also use it as a drum OH, so at $40, if it sounds like the "normal" version I don't see how you could go wrong.
 
One of the reviewers mentions that it runs off normal phantom power, too. I wonder if the added battery system adds any noise.... but for my purposes, it probably wouldn't be noticeable. But I *just* got a used SP C1, so I'm not sure what the v63 would really do for me. Even at $40.
 
Obi-Wan zenabI said:
One of the reviewers mentions that it runs off normal phantom power, too. I wonder if the added battery system adds any noise.... but for my purposes, it probably wouldn't be noticeable. But I *just* got a used SP C1, so I'm not sure what the v63 would really do for me. Even at $40.
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If anything, a battery would actually reduce noise compare to phantom. No ground loop!
 
Use it with battery and don´t connect it anywhere?
No noise of any kind, sure!

Matti
 
hungovermorning said:
If anything, a battery would actually reduce noise compare to phantom. No ground loop!
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Unless you ground a phantom-powered mic's chassis to earth, it couldn't have a ground loop either.

All too often I see people attributing 60Hz hum to ground loops, most of it is from induced interference (which means a ground lift will probably do nothing to help). Unbalance a dynamic mic and compare its noise to balanced. Is that suddenly a ground loop in the phantom rail? Of course not.
 
mshilarious said:
Unless you ground a phantom-powered mic's chassis to earth, it couldn't have a ground loop either.

All too often I see people attributing 60Hz hum to ground loops, most of it is from induced interference (which means a ground lift will probably do nothing to help). Unbalance a dynamic mic and compare its noise to balanced. Is that suddenly a ground loop in the phantom rail? Of course not.
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:)

Agreed. And I really hate the term "ground loop"; that's really a misnomer anyway. It's really just a difference in the ground potential of two devices, and in my experience, is usually caused by electrical hum from in some device with a two-prong cord taking the shortest path to ground through the shield of a cable into another device that has a proper three-prong cord....

As far as I'm concerned, any device with a two-prong power cord is fundamentally defective by design. Cords should either be three prong AC or DC (wall warts); the former is preferred.

That said, you are technically creating a path to ground (albeit not a very good one) if you are holding the microphone. That's why three prongs should be mandatory for all electronics that have built-in power supplies. If you have a preamp that doesn't have a third-prong ground and a 110VAC mains rail touches the case, the gear might not be fried since there could easily be no place for the voltage to go, but you touch the mic and bam, you're (on) the ground. :)
 
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