I thought I'd better buy a new mic before Mr.Sparrow buys them all:) So anyways, I've just bought an EV RE10 and I'm going to need an impedance transformer. Are they all the same? Can anyone recommend one or recommend a particular one to stay away from? Anyone got any other advice? heers people
I just got an EV664 on ebay for what I thought was a great price....It even has some history - being used by Mohammad Ali at one time. When it arrived it had a matching transformer included......Now I consider it a STEAL. Greg - on this forum has them at.
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good question....I have not used mine yet and did not think of it.....I'll test both ways and post back. ---------- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
I like the Peavey rat tail IMT. You can get them on the web from Green Fly Music at a good price. . Green Fly provides great customer service, too.
i don't use bullet mics, so I've been using IMTs for a long time. The Peavey IMTs are available with male or female XLR connectors The SKU is 0072010 for the one you want.
Connect the IMT to the end of the XLR cord for the mic and then plug it in to the input of whatever is first in chain.
"Connect the IMT to the end of the XLR cord for the mic and then plug it in to the input of whatever is first in chain."
YES! This is the correct way to go. Almost all pedals made for guitar or harp are high impedance, so you want to convert your signal before it gets to the pedals. Any time you see 1/4" mono plugs and jacks - you should assume that is a high impedance connection.
Yep I should have waited and read Greg's post. I plugged it into the input of my delay and it was right. I also kinda did a mic comparison between my BB/CM mic and my new/old EV664. The 664 is nice but I still like the CM. Gotta send out my Shure to get Ultimized.... but going to Mississippi is eating all my "discretionary funding" LOL ---------- Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
Been using this one for 3 years with no problems. Mike http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Audix-T50K-Inline-Impedance-Matching-Transformer?sku=330710
I recently got an Audix transformer and use it for my RE 10 and it is UNBELIEVABLE the difference. It's a totally different mic thought that thing.
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"600 would be considered low, but some amps like the valve junior sound pretty good with a 600 ohm mic and no transformer."
To do this, I assume you're using an XLR<-->1/4" cable to hook the low impedance mic to an amp. This takes the signal from the mic's pin 2 or pin 3 (not both), relative to ground on pin 1. The mic's output, however, is on pins 2 and 3 - and NOT on pin 1. When you use this setup (as opposed to XLR<-->XLR cable and an IMT), you are literally throwing half of the mic's signal away. And because the signal is no longer allowed to "float" relative to ground, you're defeating the low impedance "balanced wiring" from doing its job of superior noise rejection.
This may well be a good way to cope with an amp that has way too much gain. It still is a big impedance mismatch though, so details like frequency response are going to vary from the mic's spec a good deal. (And that MAY be a good thing too.)
