That is exactly why I said “inexpensive” dynamic mics. Yes, a $400 dynamic mic sounds great. But a $2 electret mic element sounds nearly as good. Electrets are a really amazing technology, invented at Bell Labs. They are a cheap, rugged relative of the condenser mics used in studios.
Here is one for $1.50: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1064 <https://www.adafruit.com/product/1064> wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ <http://observer.wunderwood.org/> (my blog) > On Nov 21, 2022, at 12:03 PM, Al Lorona <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>>> An electret mic has much better fidelity than an inexpensive dynamic mic, >>>> so the CM500 is probably a better choice. > > Is that really true? If you looked inside all of your local AM broadcast > stations, all you'd see are dynamic microphones. > > I'm not sure why most headsets have electret mics. Maybe it's because they > have a higher output which lessens the need for a lot of preamplification? I > don't know. > > Al W6LX/4 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> > Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[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]
