Sennheiser MD421

Hope209 · 8th April 2006

Do they require phantom power? I was recording toms yesterday thru an API 3124 but I couldn't get a signal unless the phantom power applied...?

superburtm · 8th April 2006

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Originally Posted by Hope209

Do they require phantom power? I was recording toms yesterday thru an API 3124 but I couldn't get a signal with the phantom power applied...?

nope..no Phantom it's a dynamic mic

nathanvacha · 8th April 2006

Yeah that's... really weird.

Ask geekslutz maybe?

davenutz · 9th April 2006

perhaps something was broken in the 3124?
have you tried that particular mic with a different cable through a different pre?

Hope209 · 9th April 2006

it was like that with all three md421's thru the 3124. cables were mogami

deve · 28th February 2007

Beware, I have two broken 421's I took them to sennheiser's distributor. The guy at the repair shop told me that long periods of phantom (9-10 hours) will damage the capsule and the only way to fix the mic is to replace the capsule which is around 150€. And phantom also diminishes the sensitivity of 421 while you are applying it.

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