I’ve heard good things about the Koss SB-45. It has an electret mic and is about half the cost of the CM-500, at $25. I have not used the SB-45.
https://www.amazon.com/Koss-sb45-SB-45-Communication-Stereophones/dp/B00081A2CW I would not get the Koss SB-40. That looks like the Yamaha, but has a dynamic mic that has gotten some bad reports. A while back, I took a close look at the mic plug on my Yamaha CM-500 headset. It is labeled “Koss”. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jan 8, 2019, at 7:00 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sad to say, but my trusty old CM-500 headphones with boom mic finally bit the > dust. The ear pads had started rotting away, leaving me with black pieces of > gunk on my ears after every on-air session. Tried replacing the pads with a > set of Koss pads but they simply were too small and I wound up breaking off > the connectors going to the speakers. Life is too short to spend any more > time messing with them, so it’s time to look for a replacement. > > I’d like to hear from others who are using a similar type of headphone/mic > combo - one that is a direct plug-in to the back of a K3 like the Yamaha > CM-500. If Yamaha would offer replacement parts to their users I’d consider > getting another CM-500, but they don’t and I’m not inclined to buy something > again that cannot easily be repaired. > > Suggestions…? > > Jim / w6JHB > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
