I am new to the P.A.S., I just purchased it and have yet to play out using it.

Anyway, I saw in a much earlier post by Hilmar that you should connect a SansAmp to PS1 with a 1/4" not with an XLR.

I wondered what the reason for this was because I would like to take advantage of the phantom power to save money on 9 volt batteries. And, that would require me to use the XLR output on the SansAmp.

Rocco

As a matter of fact I did say that here but I have no idea what the heck I was thinking when I did

XLR is perfectly fine for the sans amp, you just have to make sure your gain staging is okay. Unfortunately, I counldn't find any real technical information on Tech 21's website on the phantom requirements for the sans amp, so I can't tell for sure whether it will work with our phantom or not, but I expect it will.

Sorry for the confusion

Hilmar

My SansAmp has been working with the phantom power just fine.

Rocco

So has mine...pretty cool to not have to worry about a battery/adapter.

My Bass player has been using a sans-amp to an L1 double bass powered with the phantom power for the last 6 months. Works great and has much better tone than her old amp (a big old tranyor stack).

Her husband likes it better as well - it's much lighter!

Yes, it works very well with the fat tube setting. I finally can get away from my amp.

We recorded a live show and the my P bass using just the '66 P setting into the T1 sounded great, so although the sansamp may not even be necessary with the T1, it adds just a bit more to bring a smile to my face.