HI all!
I am planning to buy a new Large diaphragm Mic to my studio. I am thinking in a CAD E200 or the new RODE NTK. Here in Argentina prices are very different than in the rest of the world. For exaple, the CAD E 200 costs about U$S 800, and the RODE NTK is expected to cost about U$S 1.000.- and an AKG 414 is about USU 1.400.-

Just a quick question. When dealing with big expensive studio mics that require phantom(or any condser, really), is it better to plug the mic in first, then activate the phantom power, or the other way around? Why?

Thanks,
-=Jeff Merkel=-