JW
Well-known member
I attatched this question to a thread over in the Black Market, but I thought I'd ask it here, to be proper.
I'm another one of the folks wiring up output transformers to the PM1000 channels.
I've tried a couple Cinemags that someone reccomended (the CMOQ-2 series) and I've also wired up the original Tamura.
I've wired up the Cinemags @ 1:2, and when comparing a Cinemag channel to a Tamura channel, I noticed that indeed, I can get more gain out of the Cinemag, but it's at the cost of a lot worse headroom.
I get an avalanche of noise when I'm really pushing the gain when using a low output mic.
Anyway, I need to contact Cinemag again. I lost the diagram as to how to wire the Cinemags 1:1 and try that out.
But I thought I'd ask why the headroom is so bad when I wire those babies at 1:2. Compared to the Tamura, I'm really not getting that much more gain out of the Cinemag. So, I figure, 1:1 will be fine if it gives me better headroom.
Do you guys think wiring it at 1:1 will solve the problem? If that's the case, what's the theory behind why it works?
I'm another one of the folks wiring up output transformers to the PM1000 channels.
I've tried a couple Cinemags that someone reccomended (the CMOQ-2 series) and I've also wired up the original Tamura.
I've wired up the Cinemags @ 1:2, and when comparing a Cinemag channel to a Tamura channel, I noticed that indeed, I can get more gain out of the Cinemag, but it's at the cost of a lot worse headroom.
I get an avalanche of noise when I'm really pushing the gain when using a low output mic.
Anyway, I need to contact Cinemag again. I lost the diagram as to how to wire the Cinemags 1:1 and try that out.
But I thought I'd ask why the headroom is so bad when I wire those babies at 1:2. Compared to the Tamura, I'm really not getting that much more gain out of the Cinemag. So, I figure, 1:1 will be fine if it gives me better headroom.
Do you guys think wiring it at 1:1 will solve the problem? If that's the case, what's the theory behind why it works?