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Bob Blick wrote:
> There's no noise until a mic is plugged in. It's a bad cable, or if they
> are using a snake, maybe that's bad. They've already eliminated almost
> everything else, including the preamp, by substitution. It's not ground
> current because the mic is at an unconnected end of the chain. If you
> buy mic cables at music stores there are some brands that are really
> terrible and do just what he was describing.

Yup I agree with that wholly: I used to have a no-name guitar lead that
had a 50Hz noise floor about level with what my bass was actually
producing. Unsurprisingly, it only cost me a few quid.
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brendan {a} brendangillatt (dot) co (dot) uk
http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk
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