In article ,
Iain M Churches wrote:
Agreed. The problems were not with the mics themselves, or their
valve front ends, but the psu, and mic preamp. As I remember they
used to come from the "box" straight into the desk at line level.
But those old mics do sound absolutely wonderful on large
string sections.

Of course in those days there was no DIN standard output level for mics.
But none of the valve ones I was familiar with (mainly AKG) gave line
level out under normal circumstances. Close on a trumpet etc yes.

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