Hank - As primarily a CW operator I am also a "mic dufus", but I did make almost 2 dozen SSB QSOs with my K3 in the past three years and got excellent reports. I used to use a CM500 with excellent results, but when I got hearing aids I found that an "on the ear" style rather than an "over the ear style" was better for me. I found a $6 gaming headset that was great. However, I ran over the cord once too often with my chair and got an intermittent in the cord. Rather than try to fix it I decided to replace it and got an INSIGNIA gaming style headset from BEST BUY for about $24 as I recall. The EQ settings I used with the CM500 worked very well with the first cheap headset and I have not changed then for this one.
Locals, who know me well enough say that I sound very natural with good clean audio. One person said that they thought I should crank up the gain and compression to assure pileup busting... but that was not a priority so I left it alone. I was VERY happy with the CM500 but am even happier with what I have now. There may be technical differences between an electret and a condenser but as a "mid dufus" I will yield to others in that regard. I think that "some" condenser mics may require higher bias than the K3 supplies, but again I must yield to others, who clearly know more about such matters than do I. Very 73 es gl de Dave - K9FN On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:03 AM Hank Garretson <[email protected]> wrote: > I like theYamaha CM500. Unfortunately I'm now on my fourth set. They are > too fragile for me. Either headphones or mic fails. > > I plug CM500 mic into K3 rear MIC jack with BIAS selected and it works. I > plug CM500 into my computer sound-card MIC jack and it works. > > I'm looking for CM500 alternative. I've seen various Koss models. > > But I'm confused about electret versus condenser and which is which and > which does what. > > Specs for the Koss models are ambiguous and in various places contradict > themselves. > > My question: What Koss model or some other brand can I plug and play into > both my K3 mic jack (with Bias on) and into my computer mic jack? > > I'm a mic duffus. Help please. > > 73, > > Hank, W6SX > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
