RE: [Harp-L] low impedance
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- Subject: RE: [Harp-L] low impedance
- From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:59:57 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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- Reply-to: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"John Balding" wrote:
<The tone will not change. What will change is the output level. I will
<not go into electronic theory, but suffice to say that you will have to
<turn the amp volume up to attain the same volume and "grit" that your
<mic produced when wired high impedance.
I'd go beyond that. If you're plugging a lo-z mic wired for XLR cable into a hi-z input (like a guitar amp input), you need to put a transformer at the end of the mic cable that goes to the amp--not just an XLR to 1/4" convertor.
Fortunately, lo-z XLR to hi-z 1/4" transformers are small and lightweight, relatively inexpensive, and widely available. Radio Shack sells a decent one for about $16.
A lo-z mic with a transformer on the cable will sound pretty much indistinguishable from the same mic wired for hi-z.
Regards, Richard Hunter
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