What are people's thoughts here? I could understand removing all the lolly flavours and regulating like other tobacco products. I am an ex-smoker but I personally feel like this is govt over-reach. That might be an out-dated mindset of my time & generation (genX), however. So I'm interested to get some insight into how the broader population view this issue, particularly the younger generations, in both an overall opinion, but also in regards to such govt controls of recreational substances vs an individual's right of freedom to choose.

This is incredible news to wake up to! 😀 I cannot wait to see Julian home on Australian soil with his arms around his beautiful family. ❤️

The press conference is currently still live so this was the best short video I could find on the topic.

To begin, I'm absolutely against this proposal, but I want to see a discussion - hopefully a constructive one - between Aussies (comments are always turned off for Australian news on YT) to gauge some idea of how people generally feel about the idea.

Fire off.

Hi There! I am a beginner to amplifiers and I purchased an Aroma AG-15a for busking, which has separate guitar and mic inputs. I purchased a dynamic stage mic (Behringer BA 85a) and an XLR to 1/4inch stereo TRS cord, but there is no sound when plugged in, even with both volume knobs on the amp turn up to full. I tested the dynamic mic on a different guitar amp (no mic input) and it worked, so the mic is not faulty.

I rigged up a connection to the problem amp with a battery powered Zoom H1N recording mic, and it worked, but this is obviously not the mic I want to use for performing. Everything I read says a dynamic mic is plug and play in this situation. I am finding it impossible to find information anywhere about whether there is something wrong with the amp, if I need a different mic, or I'm doing something else wrong.

So having watched a few videos, I discover that I might need a Mic Impedance Transformer to get 'power'/volume to the dynamic mic. Is a Mic Impedance Transformer a type of Mic Pre-amp?

Should I buy a Mic Impedance Transformer or a Mic Pre-amp??

P.S. I made a connection via a Hum Eliminator, and actually heard the mic thru the amp for the first time, but it is still very soft.

How do I solve my problem?

PLEASE HELP!! I'm tearing my hair out!

Thanks in advance for your expertise in this.