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Old 06-15-2018, 12:58 PM
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Default Will Phantom power damage the DTar Solstice Balanced Output

Many mixers turn phantom power off or on to all channels at once. The Tone Dexter provides full-time phantom power. My question is if this phantom power could damage the DTar Solstice output when mixing mics. I'm sure this has come up many times in practice since the Solstice is somewhat of a sub-mixer,.
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Many mixers turn phantom power off or on to all channels at once. The Tone Dexter provides full-time phantom power. My question is if this phantom power could damage the DTar Solstice output when mixing mics. I'm sure this has come up many times in practice since the Solstice is somewhat of a sub-mixer,.
Phantom power 9 to 48 volts supplies a very small current So small it is unlikely to harm anything. I could be wrong I don't know the equipment.
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Many mixers turn phantom power off or on to all channels at once. The Tone Dexter provides full-time phantom power. My question is if this phantom power could damage the DTar Solstice output when mixing mics. I'm sure this has come up many times in practice since the Solstice is somewhat of a sub-mixer,.
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No. At least it has not harmed mine over the past few years use on stages where the phantom is being fed to every XLR.



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That's good to know. Thanks for sharing.
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I would add that some devices performance is negatively affected by phantom power even if no damage is done. I have a cab sim box whose output drops dramatically when phantom power is applied. I discovered this on a gig and messed around for 15 minutes trying to sort out where my signal went before I gave up and rerouted my signal chain. After experimenting and ultimately contacting the maker, I confirmed the design was not phantom power compatible.

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For those rare cases (ribbon mics):

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...EALw_wcB&smp=y
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FWIW, I was using a dual XLR to 1/8" TRS and forgot I had left phantom power on. It fried the headphone jack circuit on my Android Blackberry.
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Hi folks…

It's pretty well documented that mobile phones, tablets and ribbon mics don't play well (or survive contact) with phantom power from a PA board. I've used, and owned mixers (both powered and unpowered boards) which do either universal (phantom either all on or off), and systems with individual channel control.

To be safe, I've often put batteries into other player's preamps and avoided phantom powering their gear, as a noise avoidance tool (due to poor electric system installation in some venues). And I also carry & use adapters which convert three prong grounded to two-prong plugs when we cannot isolate ground hum any other way.

Back to the point of the thread…
But Caballlero 59 asked about the DTAR Solstice Preamp, which I've owned and used for a lot of years, in boards where the Phantom is active and turned on, without damage to the unit (which itself can provide phantom to internal instrument mics with that turned on as well). Nor does it degrade the output sound. It is a tank of a preamp unit...the heaviest I've used.

I've also plugged in (without damage) my K&K Two channel belt pack preamp, both versions of my UltraSound preamps, Baggs ParaDI preamps, Behringer DI ADI21 preamp, Raven PMB I & II preamps, Headway EDB-1 preamp, guitars equipped with both internally powered Baggs and Fishman Pickup systems, Taylor Guitar systems (including the systems before their current lineup), every Shure PA mic known to man. All of these I either currently own and use, or have owned for a substantial period of time.

None of these were damaged by the phantom power, nor was the quality of the tone affected, nor noise added.



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Yes Larry, the Solstice is lovely. I was amazed when I bypassed the preamp on my Takamine Pro series and sent the Palathetic signal straight to the Solstice. Big difference. I was thinking of selling the Solstice but no more.
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