Charles H. Riggs, III wrote:

I found a buddy handy with a soldering iron, and we made the change, as
per http://www.shure.com/pdf/userguides/...ories/a96f.pdf over
to an output for 150 ohms (or is it OF 150 ohms; not sure of the correct
terminology).

AND IT WORKED!!!!!!! My mike level is perfectly fine now going into the
Edirol R-1, and just why the #$%^&* Shure Transformer comes out of the box
set to some exotic mid-impedance level like 600 rather than a normal low
impedance level of 150,

Because most dynamic mics work best into an impedance of 600 ohms or
thereabouts. Your electret mic has a built in amplifier with a lower
output impedance that will work happily into 150 ohms and this setting of
the transformer provides a bigger turns ratio so it boost the signal more.


--
Ian Bell