If you want a Koss and an electret mike get an SB45. Basically an SB40 with electret instead of dynamic mike.
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 8:25 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a pair of CM500's I've used extensively for the past 7-8 yrs.maybe > longer. > > I typically wear them from 12-40hrs on any major contest weekend. It would > not be an exaggeration to say > > I have well in excess of 1000hrs on them. (a guess..the # might be 2 or > 3k.who knows.) > > > > All I did was wear out the bonded pleather, but liked the phones so much I > bought new velour earpads for them that cost nearly as much as the > headphones originally cost, hi. They are better than new now. No issues > ever > with the headband. > > > > Recently I bought a few sets of the Koss SB40 and by gosh they look an > awful > lot like the Yamaha's..maybe made in the same factory - who knows. They > are > starting to get hard to find as well but I found mine on amazon.ca for > around $60 CDN > > > > Good luck! > > > > Mike VE9AA > > > > Mike, Coreen & Corey > > Keswick Ridge, NB > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > -- Jim K0XU [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]

