Gordon take a look at the beyer dt 290 broadcast headset. It's $239 from http://www.bswusa.com. It's dynamic so it doesnt need phantom power.
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 02:55:30 +0100, G. McFarlane wrote: >Thanks Tim. You're right - I've just heard from Sennheiser. It's a shame - >they're great on the computer and with my voice recorder etc. Sennheiser >have recommended the HMD 280 dnamic mike or HME 26 + cableX3k1-p48 >(phantom powered), both quite expensive. Do you know either of them or any >other which will give broadcast or near broadcast quality for radio work >using a mixer? >Happy to hear from anyone on this. >Thanks again. >Gordon > >-----Original Message----- >From: tim cumings >Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:00 PM >To: PC Audio Discussion List >Subject: Re: Sennheiser PC 160 Microphone headset > >They won't work directly into your mixer. They're designed to plug either >into a recorder or >directly into a computer sound card. On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:59:16 +0100, G. >McFarlane >wrote: > > >>Hi >>I recently purchased a pair of these Sennheisser PC160 microphone headsets >>when I heard a podcast on them from someone I think on this list. They >>sound >>great when I plug them into my Olympus DM5 and the mike works well. However >>when I plug the mike into my mixer I get absolutely nothing. I have >>converters >>from 3.5 to the quarto jack, this does not work either. As theyââ¬â¢re >>going >>into >>the line in socket, I then tried an industry standard mike preamp, still >>nothing, just hiss. The signal isnââ¬â¢t getting through although adding >>my >>Dm5 >>into the mix by plugging the mike into it first andd then routing it >>through >>the mike preamp into the mixer and it does work. >>Ideally I wish to use both headset mikes to record interviews through my >>mixer >>to the computer. I should also say Iââ¬â¢ve tried a number of converters >>from >>3.5 >>to quarto jack, mono and stereo. >>Has anyone any suggestions as to how I can get a signal into my mixer. >>Perhaps >>you know of a particular converter/adaptor which will allow the mikeââ¬â¢s >>great >>signal to hit the mixer. >>Thanks. >>Gordon McFarlane >>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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