Can phantom power pass through a patchbay?

Can phantom power pass through a patchbay?
You could connect your mic lines directly to your mixing console. Or you could connect them through a patchbay so you can easily rearrange the channels if necessary. But will it work?
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This Week's Charts: Biggie "Duets" Stay On Top
This week in hip-hop, post-holiday sales drop, Chamillionaire climbs back and D4L tops a slow week. The Notorious B.I.G.'s Duets: The Final Chapter continues its reign at No. 1 during what is historically one of the slowest weeks of the...
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Do not press this button! If you do, you will be sorry!
'Do not press this button'. Was that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or Red Dwarf? Or an item of sound engineering equipment close to you...?
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Upfrontiness - An RP visitor's advice
Yes we all seek it in our recordings, that elusive quality of 'upfrontiness'. There's no such thing as an upfrontiness control, so just how is it achieved?
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Inter-sample peaks? Do they exist, or are you worrying about a myth?
Your audio peaks at 0 dBFS, or full scale, yet there might be even higher peak levels lurking between your samples. Clipping and distortion is the sure and certain result, yes?
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Any acoustic space in your own recording studio
You don't have to take your equipment to a great acoustic space to get great reverb. You can use a 'convolution reverb' processor and have any acoustic space in your own studio...
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