"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Seem to remember a one legged cable just results in a low output from a
451. Which may well give hum if you increase the gain for a distant mic.


With a one-legged cable the audio must pass through the phantom power
supply, thus directly adding any hum or noise it creates to the audio. The
level will also be down.

If you lose the screen you'll get no audio at all, IIRC.

Because there will then be no phantom power at the microphone.

David.