ruffrecords
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Why on earth would he have done that? To what possible advantage?
In those days, phantom was rarely required. It was a bit of an afterthought. Phantom power is a very poor design concept and I suspect Rupert knew it. In any case most condenser mics were tube based and came with their own power supply. Dynamics were often used for snare and guitar cabs. Ribbons were rarely used.
If some fool wires a mic wrongly you can hardly blame phantom power for that. The real lesson is not that phantom is bad, but that you should take more care wiring your ribbons.A really rough way for people to find out they had a ribbon mic with faulty wiring! But hot-plugging also NOT recommended for most condenser mics either (?!).
Cheers
Ian