The official product page is also wrong, either through ignorance or spell-check. It describes it as "a sensitive electric microphone”.
https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/accessories/cm500/features.html#product-tabs <https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/accessories/cm500/features.html#product-tabs> I think we can all agree that a) it has an electret mic, and b) the official product descriptions are a mess. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Nov 8, 2020, at 1:27 AM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > > On 11/7/2020 2:42 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: >> The packaging said (in part), "Dynamic Microphone for Active Musicians" > > The sales/marketing department, usually ignorant of what they're selling, > wrote that drivel you're reading, which is intended simply to sell more of > whatever they're selling. > > The CM500 has had an ELECTRET mic as far back as 2008, when W6XU, another > audio professional, arranged a group purchase for your Bay Area contesting > club. It DOES need Bias, which most modern rigs provide on one pin of their > mic connector. Simply adding a resistor of suitable value (in the range of > 5-10KOhms) between that pin and the mic input pin, provides bias suitable for > most electret mics. > > 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 wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
