Re: low levels with shotgun mic + h4n recorder

I'm having the same issue with the super low levels....

Mic is fine (sounds GREAT with everything else I use)
Cables are fine....the only thing that has changed in my set up is using the H4N as the recording device instead of going directly into my HMC 150's XLR input.... (using more DSLR stuff these days...)

I've tried raising the recording level (set at 100!)...even used the internal "mixer" to add an ungodly amount of gain.... It sounded PERFECT in my monitoring headphones, but after grabbing the WAV's from the card and looking at em in FCP (or STP), they're STILL absurdly low (especially compared with how good they sounded via the monitoring headphones during the shoot)


So, are low audio levels just a part of using the Zoom? Do we really need a friggin Pre-Amp just to record decently-usable-levels to the thing??