I picked up a Marshal MXL that claims to be self powered....put the 9-
volt in and tried it, but I'm getting no sound.
Is it under powered or broken?


You get what you pay for :P
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t wrote:
I picked up a Marshal MXL that claims to be self powered....put the 9-
volt in and tried it, but I'm getting no sound.
Is it under powered or broken?

It's difficult to put a 9V battery in backwards. Which model mic do you
have? What are you trying to connect it to? Are you using the proper
cable? Do you have some adapters in between the mic and whatever you're
connecting it to? Do you have any other microphones that work in the
same application? If so, what are those mics?

Of course it could be broken, but MXL doesn't intentionally make
microphones that don't work or are "underposered." It's almost a
misunderstanding.

I'll bet you didn't realize your question too simple to answer.

LOL....The battery is in correctly....It's a Marshall MXL DRK....I'm
using an XLR to 3.5mm plug to send it to my soundcard. It's either
that the mic is screwed, or that it's (hopefully) underpowered.

I thought there'd be plenty of guys here to tell me that the line
voltage on a fairly large diameter condenser mic would be too low
powered by a 9 volt battery alone.

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Heh...it was a setting on my soundcard's mic input...apparently, it
won't look for a mic in an obvious spot when the 'front panel mic' is
selected. I'm thinking it could still use a little more voltage tho.
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