DukeBerryman
182 posts
Feb 25, 2014
8:50 AM
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This is my latest solution for my SM57 and XLR cable. The ProRMP replaces my Shure attenuator and Hosa 1/4" adapter/impedence matcher. It's basically just a big transformer. Best part is that it's passive.
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FreeWilly
410 posts
Feb 26, 2014
1:38 AM
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Any change in Tone there?
I don't really see the point if there is not an improvement in tone. It's 5 times the price of a shure adapter and is way bigger too. So why bother?
Also, why is it called re-amping? What can it do that an impedance matcher can't?
Not trying to diss your new tool or anything. Just curious. And of course hoping for the next best thing.
My ultimate 57 hums like a bitch when I turn the volume knob. It ain't the cable and it ain't the amp and it ain't the impedance matcher. Changed those out. Not really wanting to, but if this 100 euro's fixes something that should not be broken, than.. ok well. Perhaps I might go with it.
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DukeBerryman
183 posts
Feb 26, 2014
6:43 AM
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Well, for me, this one box replaced two adapters. And it was worth it to me for the simplicity. Plus, it has a level knob and ground lift. So, an improvement, but might not be worth the price.
There is some debate online if adds coloring to the tone - I didn't notice anything. Sounds transparent to me. I would try it for your hum problem, because my little rig is silent.
And basically, it's called a "reamper" because it turns a signal back into a guitar signal. Take any source, and the box "reamps" it and makes it like an electric guitar. Which is what we want if we're using a guitar amp. It's usually used in recording to put a signal back thru a guitar amp if needed.
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Greg Heumann
2616 posts
Feb 26, 2014
7:44 AM
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Looks to me like the ReAmper is nothing more than a $100 passive DI box. They are low to high impedance matching transformers. Nothing wrong with this one but you can get the same functionality for $16.99 with the Nady or $39 with the Whirlwind box. I've never tried the Nady bu the Whirlwind box works fine and I know pro sound engineers who use them. The transformer inside CAN effect tone - but there's very little rocket science to build one of these devices.
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DukeBerryman
184 posts
Feb 26, 2014
9:31 AM
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Those other DI boxes are for converting HiZ to LowZ. I'm doing the opposite - converting LowZ to HiZ. That's why those other boxes do not offer LowZ XLR inputs like the Radial.
And I read online that this Radial design is based on a DIY Jensen transformer. I'm not familiar with the Jensen design, but it sounds like a fairly easy project if you know what you're doing.
Last Edited by DukeBerryman on Feb 26, 2014 10:19 AM
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DukeBerryman
185 posts
Feb 26, 2014
9:36 AM
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My goal was to rid myself of the XLR to 1/4" impedance matcher/adapter. Also wanted to get rid to the Shure 50db attenuator I was using. This does both and adds a ground lift.
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rockmonkeyguitars
7 posts
Feb 26, 2014
10:12 AM
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There is a bit more magic in these things than anybody might think. A .01% shift in the carbon content of the steel used in the transformer can take you from wonderful clear tone to mud. The same .01% shift in the other direction will turn your tone into ice picks. The 1st Marshall amps were built identical to the bassman schematic but had an aluminum chassis instead of steel. Even if functionality is the same, that doesn't mean that performance is the same. If it was then early marshall amps would have sounded like tweed bassman amps. That said I've never tried a reamp, I just didn't wan't people to think that because it did the same job as something else that it might be the same as something else.
Last Edited by rockmonkeyguitars on Feb 26, 2014 10:14 AM
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DukeBerryman
186 posts
Feb 26, 2014
10:23 AM
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My other goal was to be able to plug this mic into any amp, tube or solid state. And there is something reassuring about putting a fat transformer between my mic and an amp. If anything, the transformer mellows the sound, rounding it out slightly.
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