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How old is the unit in question?

Have you tried a different source? (Preamp)

Does it happen only when both compressors are in the chain?

True P-Solo
The regular one, not the ribbon version
Before that an SM7b

Happy to add some useful if obscure knowledge to the discussion.
As the OP said, they are not a very well known model.
I acquired a pair many years ago but just recently downloaded the manual.
It was two years late for the OP but I figured I might as well put the info out there.
olduncledino

Did you ever find a set? If you do, be sure to download and read the PDF of the manual. There is an XLR "U" and a tuchel "N" version that are wired differently. If you find the latter, be extra sure to make, or repair your adapters correctly. The output of the Sennheiser MD211N microphone is: PIN1PO...

[quote="christiannokes"]And the buzz gets 10 times worse when I touch the microphone[/quote]

Really? That's a grounding issue.
Different mic and cable? Same result?

d

Calm down bro... It's just a mystery to be solved. "Serious sizzle buzz" - Do you mean something other than the usual 60 cycle line hum? Like an RF thing? Being intermittent may be the important clue. Any pattern or usual time o day for it? It probably does have something to do with grounding, but a...

Junk piled in a back room for me. Which unfortunately also describes my home studio. Nearly all of my stuff probably belongs in a junk drawer. At least compared to you guys. As far as useful stuff, did anyone mention one of those crank thingies for guitar strings? I have one with a snazzy string cut...

Try measuring with and without mics connected to the other channels. If you see a significant voltage difference, it means that all inputs share one inadequate power supply. ...d

A couple of Telefunken M80 microphones.
Bought them for PA
Already like them for recording.
Just a nice sounding mic.
Humbly suggest that for the home recordest, they would be a better purchase than any equally priced Cheap Chinese condenser. IMHO
dino

With so many good product choices out there and working within a typically miniscule home recording budget, I finally ended up with a Royer 121, a Soundelux U195, and an EV RE20. All I can say is I have never had reason to second guess the decision.
dino

It was just playful conjecture? Cost effectiveness is a relative term. Studios paid a quarter of a million bucks for the Mitsubishi digital multi-tracks back in the eighties. That would be considerably more in today?s money. A 64 input ProTools system today would cost considerably less and give far ...

The DC area will always present a special set of problems for musicians looking for a place to practice and record. Even with the downturn of real estate values, this is still a prohibitively expensive area to rent, lease, or buy a space. As an example, my little, tiny house would only fetch $40 to ...

Free floating diaphragm Would not require a center contact, or any physical or electrical contact, making it have far less mass than current electrically connected designs. Scanning laser and optical sensor (CCD/CMOS type of device?) measures the ever changing position of the capsule surface. The sc...

I saw an ad somewhere recently, for a packaged price for a Bock 195 and a Daking Mic Pre One. Seemed like a great deal. You should look into it.
dino

[quote="richierichie"]I picked up a 234 last year and love it. You can push the tape soooo much harder than a standard 4-track.[/quote] That was my observation also. I used to hump the damn thing all over hell and back, just having a ball recording friends. Once you figure out how much to push it to...