TEAC A-3440 microphone compatability

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Hi , I posted this question in the microphones section and unfortunately had no replies. So I thought it might be appropriate here. I have tried unsuccessfully to record anything half decent with my Samson Q7 microphone. I think this is a compatabilty issue. (Or please correct me if I'm wrong).

Does anyone have a circuit diagram or a link to a suitable off the shelf matching transformer,or suitabe microphone preamp, or Teac a-3440 modification.

1..Samson Q7 Microphone output impedance 200 ohms (it can be wired via jack plug or XLR I really don't mind which way)
2.. Tape recorder (TEAC a-3440) Input specification 0.25mV (-27dB) /600 ohms or more.

As it is the sound recorded is very weak even with the input gain control on all channels set to maximum. I have tried each channel in turn.
Thanks in anticipation.
 
Hello,

Not sure what you mean by 'weak'. Also, what sort of thing(s) are you trying to record.

I have a couple of Bayer 201 mics. I thought they were 'good' when I got them, I did quite a bit of recording with them, and they seemed to be 'weak', in that the VU meters on my TEAC 3340 did not seem to move as much as some other mics I had.

However, in spite of that, the recordings made were great, people who were being recorded listened to the recordings and volunteered the opinion that the sound was great, and that the mics were good, so I'm happy that the mics ARE good even if they SEEM 'weak'.

If the recordings you are making are NOT OK, you can always get a (simple ?) mic mixer to give the mics a bit of a boost. I'm not sure a transformer would be helpful (risk of extra noise) and mods to the TEAC may cause problems for any other mics you use.

By the way, do you have other mics? How do they compare with the 'problem' ones on the TEAC? How is the same comparison on another recorder?

Geoff
 
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