"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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"Charles H. Riggs, III" wrote:
The ECM 66B has a male XLR connector (you probably knew that!). I'm
using a Shure transformer to convert to a male mini stereophone plug to
accomodate the R-1's mic input.

Ah. Wonder if this transformer is high impedance mic to low impedance
input matcher?
If so, this accounts for the level loss as the mic is a low impedance one.
You need a simple XLR to jack adaptor, not transformer.

Hmmm. According to B & H, where I purchased this mike, this is what Sony
recommends to convert an XLR to a stereo miniphone. It's called a Shure
A96F Line Matching Transformer. Since it's called Line Matching, does that
mean it is NOT an impedance conversion thingy? I'm not very familiar with
all this terminology (obviously!).

Cheers,

Charles

P.S. By the way, I fed this mike, followed by another mike, into one of my
DAT recorders and the levels were the SAME (using the same transformer).
That would appear to indicate that the problem is with the level inside of
the R-1, not the level coming out of the mike into the device.