Hi Tim
Thanks for this.
I'm in a peculiar position with headsets. I keep buying them and then
finding they don't work well with my mixers. I have an Alesis multimix and a
Behringer xnix.
I bought 2 Bayer DT109s a while back and they were not loud enough. Even
with a mike preamp as they were so quiet the preamp just made them hissy.
They were not cheap and so when I heard how good the Sennheiser ones were I
bought them with the results mentioned previously. They need a 5v current
from what they are plugged into, usually a computer or voice recorder,
something missing from a mixer which will only give phantom power.
I need something that will give me a good loud clear signal - someone else
has suggested that I could try the Sennheiser HMD 280 pro as it has a lower
impedance. Someone else says I need a mixer with a higher gain option for
mikes. It's beginning to get expensive without any real certainty that it
will work.
Thanks again.
There's boudn to be a mixer and headset combination which will give
professional recording possibilities.
Gordon
-----Original Message-----
From: tim cumings
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:24 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sennheiser PC 160 Microphone headset
Gordon take a look at the beyer dt 290 broadcast headset. It's $239 from
http://www.bswusa.com. It's dynamic so it doesnt need phantom power.
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 02:55:30 +0100, G. McFarlane wrote:
Thanks Tim. You're right - I've just heard from Sennheiser. It's a shame -
they're great on the computer and with my voice recorder etc. Sennheiser
have recommended the HMD 280 dnamic mike or HME 26 + cableX3k1-p48
(phantom powered), both quite expensive. Do you know either of them or any
other which will give broadcast or near broadcast quality for radio work
using a mixer?
Happy to hear from anyone on this.
Thanks again.
Gordon
-----Original Message-----
From: tim cumings
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:00 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sennheiser PC 160 Microphone headset
They won't work directly into your mixer. They're designed to plug either
into a recorder or
directly into a computer sound card. On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:59:16 +0100, G.
McFarlane
wrote:
Hi
I recently purchased a pair of these Sennheisser PC160 microphone
headsets
when I heard a podcast on them from someone I think on this list. They
sound
great when I plug them into my Olympus DM5 and the mike works well.
However
when I plug the mike into my mixer I get absolutely nothing. I have
converters
from 3.5 to the quarto jack, this does not work either. As they’re
going
into
the line in socket, I then tried an industry standard mike preamp, still
nothing, just hiss. The signal isn’t getting through although
adding my
Dm5
into the mix by plugging the mike into it first andd then routing it
through
the mike preamp into the mixer and it does work.
Ideally I wish to use both headset mikes to record interviews through my
mixer
to the computer. I should also say I’ve tried a number of
converters from
3.5
to quarto jack, mono and stereo.
Has anyone any suggestions as to how I can get a signal into my mixer.
Perhaps
you know of a particular converter/adaptor which will allow the
mike’s
great
signal to hit the mixer.
Thanks.
Gordon McFarlane
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