Jack, I have BOTH the CM-500 and the SB-45, as well as a Heil Proset.
I like all three for different reasons. The CM-500 is comfortable, and has the best mic boom, it has an enormous output from the electret mic — nearly too much for my K3. I used it effectively with the K2. The SB-45 is very comfortable but has a flimsy mic boom that tends to wiggle when I move my head. I can wear it for hours. The Heil Proset has the best frequency response in the headphones, and has an HC-4 element, which is unobtanium today. My problem with it is it hurt my ears after wearing it for an hour. I fixed that problem recently by buying some oversize earopads from Brainwavz. It is now just as comfortable as the CM-500 or SB-45. > On Nov 1, 2020, at 5:31 PM, Jack Brindle via Elecraft > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > I bought a new CM-500 set on Amazon about two years ago. They feel great on > my head and work wonderfully. > In May I decided to try the Koss SB-45. Price was good (about $30 from > Amazon). They feel very similar to my Heil headset, meaning about the same as > putting my head in a vise. Simply too tight on my head, especially for > wearing them through a 48 hour contest. I went back to the CM-500s. I find it > worth paying the $60 from Amazon to get these instead of something else. > > 73! > Jack, W6FB > > >> On Nov 1, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/1/2020 2:12 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: >>> What are the best replacement headsets these days. Someone said that the >>> CM-500 has changed for the worse in the last few years. >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> The only issue I've ever had with the CM500 has been a bad cable, and it's >> happened at least twice. I'm pretty clutzy, so hard on headsets. >> >> This piece I wrote for National Contest Journal several years ago includes >> model numbers a few Koss headsets that hams have liked. They're pretty much >> the same electrically. >> >> http://k9yc.com/ContestAudio.pdf >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to aa...@arrl.net Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
