Hello All, I would caution all who listen to the advice from Heil. My experience with them has been less than satisfactory to date.
Recently I spoke with them and discussed several options and I was advised to purchase the Goldline dual element mic, holder, adapter and base. I repeatedly asked would this meet my requirements and I was given an assurance that they would. Well, the items arrived and the short answer is that they did not listen to what I required at all, but instead, shipped the items with no regard for what I requested. I also sent them an e-mail with the request for a latching PTT button fitted to the base. Heil shipped a Goldline with dual elements fitted and their rather cheap plastic mic holder attached to a poorly made, overweighted base with a momentary push button and two cables to be connected between the base and the pig tail off the adapter for the connection to the K3. It is messy to say the least, the cables are so long that they get in the way and l have difficulty trying to conceal the excess cable. I contacted Heil after they arrived and asked why the button on the base was momentary, not latching, and I was told that the FCC discourage the use of this type of setup for the fear we may leave the room with the transceiver "keyed". I have run audio tests with other stations and interestingly, with a Spec An and to my surprise all reports appear to favour the Turner +2 for natural sound. As the K3 has an inbuilt equaliser for TX audio, no amount of adjustment is able to make the Heil Mic produce that same natural timbre to my voice. (Yeah, my voice is pretty ordinary, but it is not adjustable Hi Hi) I do not question Heil Sounds quality in microphones, but I do question the quality of audio produced from the Goldline Mics when connected to the K3.I did try both elements of course. Perhaps they have a better mic for use with the K3..????? I would be interested to know if anyone has tried other Heil mics and discovered a better match for the K3. Speakers are always subjective of course, but to date I have tried several different speakers I have here and not yet settled on one. I looked at the Palstar (ugly speaker) and the Sounds Sweet also (even more ugly?) but no availability here in Australia so my search continues. Cheers, Gary S/N 679 K3/100 -- Stokers...we get ya goin' _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
