Sound car with mic preamp built in?

andy2 · 5th February 2007, 03:43 AM

I came back from Fry's and found a few sound cards that claim to have built in preamp for mic.
Has anyone used this before? If so, can we hook up the mic directly to the soundcard?

noodle_snacks · 5th February 2007, 04:50 AM

should work as described, except the mic input would not be balanced, or have phantom power. may mics used for speaker measurement (if that is your intended purpose, are both balanced, and have a phantom power requirement.

andy2 · 5th February 2007, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by noodle_snacks
should work as described, except the mic input would not be balanced, or have phantom power. may mics used for speaker measurement (if that is your intended purpose, are both balanced, and have a phantom power requirement.

What's phantom power and what is it used for?

infinia · 5th February 2007, 02:24 PM

see link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power

5th February 2007, 03:43 AM	#1
andy2 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles	Sound car with mic preamp built in? I came back from Fry's and found a few sound cards that claim to have built in preamp for mic. Has anyone used this before? If so, can we hook up the mic directly to the soundcard?

5th February 2007, 02:24 PM	#4
infinia diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication	phantom power see link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power __________________ like four million tons of hydrogen exploding on the sun like the whisper of the termites building castles in the dust

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5th February 2007, 04:50 AM	#2
noodle_snacks diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hobart, Tasmania	should work as described, except the mic input would not be balanced, or have phantom power. may mics used for speaker measurement (if that is your intended purpose, are both balanced, and have a phantom power requirement.