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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Hauber" data-source="post: 57833" data-attributes="member: 272">Re: Longframe/Bantam Patchbays and phantom power...Generally good practice &quot;back in the day&quot; was to not apply phantom -or even open-up pre-amps, until the patch was complete.&nbsp; Even then I remember some nice pops and explosions as someone messed with the patchbay while things were live.&nbsp; Classic example of something that seems like a really good thing to experienced professionals utterly fails when confronted with amateur users!&nbsp; Even with all that going on for years (churches, schools with patchbays) I&#039;ve never seen a failed mic or preamp due to it.-and how about those well-wishing system designers that had process-out/amp ins points on the bay -guess what happens when a line-level source signal gets inserted into the main PA amps that are on with attenuators wide-open? (not a good idea to even have those points)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Craig Hauber, post: 57833, member: 272"] Re: Longframe/Bantam Patchbays and phantom power... Generally good practice "back in the day" was to not apply phantom -or even open-up pre-amps, until the patch was complete. Even then I remember some nice pops and explosions as someone messed with the patchbay while things were live. Classic example of something that seems like a really good thing to experienced professionals utterly fails when confronted with amateur users! Even with all that going on for years (churches, schools with patchbays) I've never seen a failed mic or preamp due to it. -and how about those well-wishing system designers that had process-out/amp ins points on the bay -guess what happens when a line-level source signal gets inserted into the main PA amps that are on with attenuators wide-open? (not a good idea to even have those points) [/QUOTE]

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