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waterfreddy · 13th May 2008, 06:06 AM

Thanks guys. I tried a pad and it definitely cleared things up. Sounds Great!! I probably wouldn't be using these for loud signal a lot, but I just wanted to try it on everything I could before I made a decision to buy or not.

The addition of an in-line pad raises another question for me....If I were to use a modern condenser (say a 414 or U87) do you think it would be a good idea to design or buy an in-line XLR barrel pad that would have a higher input impedance, say around 1500 ohms? (and keep the output impedance down at 150 ohms) The 351 input impedance is about 250 ohms, which is great for ribbons and such, but I thought a removable pad/impedance transformer would give me a nice option for higher output modern mics. This way, I wouldn't touch anything inside the pre itself.

Any thoughts?

Thanks again
Jeff

13th May 2008, 06:06 AM	#4
waterfreddy Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4	Thanks guys. I tried a pad and it definitely cleared things up. Sounds Great!! I probably wouldn't be using these for loud signal a lot, but I just wanted to try it on everything I could before I made a decision to buy or not. The addition of an in-line pad raises another question for me....If I were to use a modern condenser (say a 414 or U87) do you think it would be a good idea to design or buy an in-line XLR barrel pad that would have a higher input impedance, say around 1500 ohms? (and keep the output impedance down at 150 ohms) The 351 input impedance is about 250 ohms, which is great for ribbons and such, but I thought a removable pad/impedance transformer would give me a nice option for higher output modern mics. This way, I wouldn't touch anything inside the pre itself. Any thoughts? Thanks again Jeff