On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:55:25 -0600, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > Andrea Del Signore wrote: >> By the way I ever thought that since the guitar has two output plugs >> one XLR and one jack 1/4", the XLR one was balanced while the other >> unbalanced. > > Yes, the XLR jack is balanced. Phantom power on that jack should _not_ > harm your gear. It's called 'phantom' because it's transparent to > devices that don't need/want it. If you try to use phantom power > through a normal instrument jack (without a direct box)... you will fry > your gear -- and this is what Jorn was saying. (**) > Ok I understand, but I don't like your _should_ or the _may_ in the user manual of my mixer :D > No, I don't think you need to inspect the circuitry on your guitar. That's good! > > Note, however, that most mixing consoles are able to turn off phantom > power on a per-channel basis. On the mixing console I use, it's a > discrete button at the top of each channel. That's indeed the problem! A lot of cheap ones have just a single button that switch on the phantom power on *all* XLR inputs. And guest what... my mixer is very cheap ;) > > Most literature doesn't even mention phantom power unless (a) it > _utilizes_ it or (b) it will damage the equipment. I've never seen (b). > That's was the kind information I need. You never seen (b) why should I ??!? > If you use a direct box between the mixer (w/phantom) and the > instrument, you do not have to worry about phantom power. Your gear > will be safe as long as everything is working proper. I don't want to buy other gear just to play in my bed room... And after this little discussion and other searches in internet I think that all will be fine. > > (**) - Caveat: If the cable is damaged, it is possible for phantom > power to damage your gear. As Jorn said, phantom power utilizes all 3 > wires in the mic cable. If one of the wires is damaged, then your gear > will be at risk. This is also what Jorn was saying. Viz. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power Ok my balanced cable is very new and I didn't use it in a stage etc... So I'll be very unlucky if something is broken. > > HTH, > Gabriel Yes all this thread helped a lot thanks. Bye, Andrea _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
