Hello all, relatively new to this field of music--long time listener, noob producer--anyways Im picking up a pair of Tannoy Reveal 601P's very soon.

Does anybody use/know of the Joemeek VC3Q? I have the op to buy one without the power supply...examination of back panel pics show that the unit is imprinted with "use only power supply provided" and "12v AC".

I have a chance to record a house being demolished. Only problem is, I have only my laptop and a MOTU Traveler. I know the battery on my lappy will not last throughout the demolition.

Im unsure of these cables i made for connecting balanced outputs of my mixer(TRS) to my crown power amp in(XLR).

I wired them this way:
pin1=TRS ground
pin2=TRS tip
pin3=TRS sleeve

I have a Saffire USB 6 that has two inputs, but only one 48V switch for both ins. If only one of my mics is say an LDC, is there cause for concern with using non 48V mics on the other input, given that there is 48V at this second connection?

Is clean power kind of like, how proper room treatment is often over looked until the fine tuning of "how can I get my bass to sound better"?

I have not looked at power amps for 5-6 years. All of the usual suspects: crown, qsc, Yamaha have "new" models since I last look. I am currently looking for a power amp for my live bass rig: POD - Power Amp - Cabinet. I'm trying to go light weight. I'd like the power amp to be good for PA if I decided to rearrange things.

I own a pair of KRK ST6's ...
100w 8 ohms

This seems like a very simple question but I haven't found a conclusive answer. I have an audio interface with those Neutrik combination XLR/TRS/TS jacks. I need to have phantom power on and I need to record from an unbalanced line-level source. I will send that unbalanced source into one of those Neutrik jacks with a TS cable.

I've recently picked up a Countryman Type 85 active DI and I was searching as to whether or not you could run a guitar with active pickups into the front considering it doesn't have a pad, and I found a page saying that you shouldn't leave the instrument plugged into the input while the unit is running on phantom power. Why do you think that is?