Hi Vasileios and Paul,
Thank you both for your responses.
Phantom power is on and set to 48V.
The channel is set to mic level as well.
It's more of a background "hiss" issue...
The mic works, and if the sound levels I'm recording are high enough, there is no issue.
But if someone is talking quietly it sounds unusually "hissy".
It's hard to explain...
In comparison, the lavs sound fine (Sanken COS11/Lectro 211) and I can crank them up if need be with little to no "hiss" issue.
I even tried running the 416 through a UH2000D end plug transmitter and the mic sounded great.
And I could bring the levels on the mixer way up with no "hiss" issue.
But the 416, direct into the 552, is really quiet and needs a lot of gain, which brings on the "hiss".
It's possible the 416s have always sounded like this and I am just getting more sensitive?
It could be that the 442 had better preamps and basically just sounded better?
I dunno?
Thanks again.
Adam