I believe all electrets will have high freq response well beyond 15K...
way past bell labs' 300-3000 cps voice response.
And it looks like all the most inexpensive mics do use the electret
elements. They might not have a lot of bottom end... but "we" don't
need that anyway . Then add in that the K3 & K4 have an equalizer..and
most anything resembling a microphone could be made to sound ok.
I see that the "fancy" electret with a boom and accessories has hit a
new low price..... 19.98 SHIPPED !!!!
NEWEGG is selling one of a million versions of the BM-800. Google
bm-800 and loo see.
It does plug into the back of a k3/k4 with no special cables needed.
I bought one a few years ago ( 29$ amazon) to see how bad it was ...and
surprised it works fine.
bill
On 2/23/2022 9:48 PM, Tony wrote:
On 2/23/2022 5:54 PM, JR wrote:
I am often amazed how little some hams know about microphones. You
can purchase any number of compatible dynamic microphone cartridges,
or electret condenser capsules, and fit them into a D-104 head shell.
JR:
Do any of the mics you mentioned have frequency response curves
similar to high articulation mics like the original Astatic D-104? or
the vintage Heil HC-4/5 (see graph below).
I found that most "generic" mics have way too much low-end response
with little top-end so they sound very muddy and not very articulate.
Not the best choice for entry level and older rigs that do not offer
TX-EQ.
Tony -K2MO
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