Phil Allison wrote:
"John Williamson"
HOT to SCREEN ?

Any special reason why ?

Just look at the source of the suggestion.


** Care to explain the actual distinction between " hot " and "cold" wrt
mics - John ??

We will all wait with baited breath for you erudite reply.

Like the cat who ate cheese did.


Meeeeooooow....

The hot pin is the one I've just finished soldering the wire to.

Otherwise, it's the connection that becomes positive relative to the
other output connection when the momentary pressure on the front of the
diaphgram is rising or higher than average ambient pressure.

The cold pin is the other one in both cases.

Wiring "cold" to earth preserves absolute phase going from balanced
microphone to unbalanced input, while wiring "hot" to earth will reverse
absolute phase.

Is that clear enough?

But, then again, someone with your wide experience would already know
that.....

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Tciao for Now!

John.