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Re: not unbalanced

The pin 3 hot issue would not cause an unbalance. The only thing it does is inverts the input.

All passive ribbons need a huge amount of gain, and most typical preamps only provide about 55 dB of it. I've got some preamps that can do up to 80 dB of gain and a setting of 60 or above reveals the noise floor of the preamp. I tend to reserve my ribbon use for loud sources like guitar cabs and horns miked at a couple of feet. This allows me to use less gain, and the signal masks the noise that is there.


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