Sometimes, you just need phantom power. If you dont feel like holding a seance, we suggest getting ARTs Phantom II Pro. Its more reliable than that "light as a feather, stiff as a board" stuff... and you dont have to sell your soul to get it because ART always makes gear that gets the job done, without eating a hole through your wallet. The Phantom II Pro is a simple 2-channel power supply. It has XLR inputs and XLR outputs for easy connection into your current setup. You can switch between providing 12V, no phantom power, or a full 48V of phantom power. To launch it into super-handy stardom, the Phantom II Pro can run off of batteries or an optional AC adapter. Easy enough!
M**N
Very pleased with this unit
Very pleased with this unit, and the supplier was very helpful in supplying a battery, as the one that came originally was under par.Would use this company again as they sell lots of audio gear!
S**N
My audio sounds better than the live experience
For high-school plays, I tape an omni condenser boundary mic to the front edge of the stage and use this unit for phantom power, with the output to a wireless transmitter. Both fit in a padded case at the foot of the stage with any excess mic cable. Then I'm at the back of house with the wireless receiver into the video camera (with a shotgun mic second channel). My audio sounds better than the live experience, picks up the actors that aren't miced up for front-of-house sound, and is a super-quick setup without cables to trip over. There are smaller units out there, but not two channels in one box.
K**I
Cheap way to make your mic sound better
Works as expected. I have it hooked up as a pre amp to my Scarlett 2i2. The built in phantom on the scarlett doesnt pickup my mic well enough to remove all noise. So I added this as a pre amp and it sounds amazing now.
P**N
Works great, but should come with power supply
This worked very well with our lavaliere microphones that require phantom power. The only thing that I think it needs is to come with a power supply. Fortunately, it does take a variety of power including AC or DC, so finding one to work with it is fairly easy.
K**X
Works, But Has Some Drawbacks
The ART Phantom II Pro Phantom Power Supply does the job it was designed to do, providing power to a shotgun mike, but needs some refinements. For starters, when used with a camcorder on a tripod, it lacks any way to connect it to the tripod or the camera mount and must simply hang by the XLR cables. It also uses a 9V battery that is secured with one of those connectors attached to loose wires. There is no channel to hold the battery securly in place, so it just drops into the unit and floats around. There is no indicator to show a low battery condition and removing it from the unit is a challenge. It is unacceptable to have the battery go dead in the middle of a shoot, so it must be removed and tested and/or be replaced after every shoot. The designers need to rethink this one a bit.
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