Comments about BeachTek Beach DXA-6 Dual XLR Adapter With Phantom power:

They told me great audio will make up for so-so video quality. No sweat, I thought. I'll just use my Neumann TLM 103 studio mic into the audio-in jack on the video camera. But I was tearing my hair out trying to make it work. It's more complicated than just finding an XLR-to-3.5 mm connector. What I eventually learned was that the level has to be matched to -57dBV, or else it will seriously distort the audio input. Making a condenser mic do -57dBV is like getting my elephant to wear a dog collar. It seemed a little impossible.
The DXA-6 is made to do just what I wanted. It shoehorns the Neumann into the video camera simply and effectively. I had to play around a bit to get the right attenuation, but after that, it's consistent and hassle-free. I've had no breakdowns or unreliability. It's a solid piece of kit.
One picky little thing: the BeachTek people don't emphasize that the unit itself is passive, which means it does not need a battery to operate. The 9-volt battery compartment is there as an option to supply phantom power for condenser mics. That's useful if you're on site somewhere with no mic preamp (and thus no phantom power to make your mic work). Otherwise, if you're already getting signal from a preamp, no batteries are needed. Had BeachTek said that more pointedly it would have saved me some 9-volts that the DXA-6 didn't need anyway. In the end, that's not a big deal, and it's one less thing to worry about when I shoot.
I was really stumped trying to get good sound into a consumer camera. The DXA-6 makes it simple.

Comments about BeachTek Beach DXA-6 Dual XLR Adapter With Phantom power:

it seems to do the trick, i'm not aware of anything better but i know something of this sort is a must have for all videographers.