Thanks, Jim, for the EQ suggestions. 73 de Dick, K6KR
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:11 AM, "Jim Brown" <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 18:42:31 -0700, Dick Dievendorff wrote: > >> I just tried out my new Yamaha CM500 as well. > > Several of the guys in our contest club have bought these headsets > and fired them up with their K3s. One of them, W6XU, brought one to > our meeting last night, and I tried it on. It is quite comfortable, > and well built. The headphones are of the "big closed" type that > provide some isolation from noise in the shack. They are NOT active, > noise-cancelling type. > The mic is a cardioid electret. > > Another of the guys, K6TD, had me listen to his on the air. It > sounded very good with no tweaking of the K3, and with tweaking, > produced very competitive audio. The tweaking consisted of using > maximum cut on the three lowest filters, 6dB boost at 2.4 kHz, and > 10 dB boost at 3.2 kHz. I also had him kick in about 10dB of > processing. This eq is consistent with most mics designed for SSB > communications use (like the Shure and Heil products). The > difference is that this headset sells for only $45 online at Sam Ash > with free shipping, a bit more at other vendors. For those who don't > know, Yamaha is a well respected audio company. > > 73, > > Jim Brown 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
