




Phantom voltage" redirects here. For unintentional voltages in power distribution systems, see stray voltage.This article is about the use in microphones. For power consumed by appliances while they are off, see standby power. For other uses, see Phantom Power (disambiguation).A condenser microphone requires power to produce a DC polarizing voltage and to power an internal amplifier required to drive long cablesPhantom power supplies are often built into mixing consoles, microphone preamplifiers and similar equipment. In addition to powering the circuitry of a microphone, traditional condenser microphones also use phantom power for polarizing the microphone's transducer element.
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