Sunday, April 15, 2018

Does unbalanced sound great?


Possibly so.


So far possibly the best sound from a mic on a Pleiades experiment is the Grampian DP4/L (25Ω) connected to Pleiades V6 connected to Sony TC-D5 Pro at mic in.


Both the DP4/L mic and V6 mic head amp are balanced at terminals.


But at the moment the DP4/L is terminated to a 1/4in  jack. This is how the mic and interfacing cable came from the eBay purchace.  The cable connection has not been converted to balanced yet. A 1/4in to XLR adapter is currently used but still this is an unbalanced connection.


Still there is no noise. And the sound is amazing.


Western Electric at a speech input equipment manual if memory is correct says that unbalanced is great too and balanced should be used only when needed.


The Grampian DP4/L is the Pleiades reference mic as it gives flat frequency response from producer's brain to listener's brain without any EQ needed.


And it sounds amazing with so low hiss or noise.










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