The CM-500 is a very good headset for the money but the microphone has far too many lows and is lacking in high frequency response necessary for articulation. While it is possible to fix the problem with the TX EQ it should not be necessary to do so.
Unfortunately, I lost the HC-5 in my 25 year old ProSet this past weekend and given the price/availability of replacement elements and other parts, I'll probably have to replace the entire ProSet rather than just the HC5 and and housing. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hector Padron > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:11 AM > To: David M. Elliott > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Heil HC-4, HC-5 > > > Well I consider a waste of money to buy the Heil one,unless > as you said it be the new HC6. For half the price or less > depending on which store you get it,the Yamaha CM-500 is a > better choise,either the headphones and the mic has a wider > audio response and likewise the K3 will be able to equalize > the TX audio as the operator wanted to sound. My two cents. > > AD4C > > > > "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" > > --- On Thu, 4/1/10, David M. Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: David M. Elliott <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Heil HC-4, HC-5 > To: "Robert 'RC' Conley" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 3:53 AM > > > Depends on what you want to sound like. HC4 is very narrow. > In my opinion, it is lousy under any circumstances. HC5 is > less so but still very narrow. The new HC6 gives very good > almost HI FI results with the K3. I have tried them all with > the K3 and that is my opinion. If you use the wide band HC6, > you can use the equalizer on the K3 to match either the HC4 or HC5. > > 73 de W6BK > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Robert 'RC' Conley wrote: > > > I'm about to purchase a Heil Proset to use with my K3. > > Which "AD-1" will I need......??? > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
