Would phantom power do anything to an SM57 or Beta 52?

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If your XLR cables are wired properly, phantom power will do no damage.
All bets are off if someone has swapped some pins around....

Cheers,
Trevor de Clercq

Sam wrote:
> Assuming i only turn the pp on after the mics are plugged in..?
> i've read that turning on pp to an unpowered mic can damage it
> and i've read that it does nothing, which makes sense to me
> because afterall it did then what company would put out a mixer
> that didn't have individual switches for each channel?
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In article <1107564736.347786.277350@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wpmusic@sio.midco.net writes:

> PP shouldn't damage a dynamic mic, but a ribbon mic is a different
> story.

Pray tell?

A ribbon mic will just break faster than a dynamic if it's wired
incorrectly.


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