Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
On 10/12/2023 4:33 PM, Al via Elecraft wrote: A large music distributor, sweetwater.com, sells the Yamaha language learning system and has occasionally had CM-500s available at a reasonable price. They're a good, long established company. Another in that league is Full Compass, based in Madison, WI. I used to know the owners, a married couple, and worked in pro audio sales in competition with them. They son later went into pro audio as well. They're good people. 73, Jim 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
It turns out that while Yamaha has discontinued the CM-500 headset-microphone as a retail item, It is still being manufactured as an accessory for a Yamaha LC4 music learning system. This is a system where all the students in the classroom wear a headset and the teacher can talk to everyone at once, or converse with individual students, similar to the language learning labs many of us sat in back in high school. A large music distributor, sweetwater.com, sells the Yamaha language learning system and has occasionally had CM-500s available at a reasonable price. I bought one there not too long ago. Their website is not currently showing the headset as available, but you might try giving them a call. The salesperson who assisted me was named Ritchie. I have no relationship with the firm other than being an occasional customer. Al, KN3U -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of j...@kk9a.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub What are hams going to do when their CM-500's break? Are you sure that the mic was DOA? It has an electret microphone which requires voltage to work. John KK9A Richard FlatHat W4KBX wrote: I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days and there were problems. 1. The original factory packaging was gone. 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that had been cut down from a larger box and taped together. 3. There was no manual. 4. The mic was dead. I'm betting it was a DOA return item that was then sent out to me thinking I wouldn't notice or I'd think returning it was too much trouble. On top of that, they've been out of manufacture for quite some time so all that the stores have are the dregs. So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas? Cheers. Richard Kunc W4KBX FlatHat at comcast.net __ 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 Message delivered to a...@ieee.org __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
What are hams going to do when their CM-500's break? Are you sure that the mic was DOA? It has an electret microphone which requires voltage to work. John KK9A Richard FlatHat W4KBX wrote: I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days and there were problems. 1. The original factory packaging was gone. 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that had been cut down from a larger box and taped together. 3. There was no manual. 4. The mic was dead. I'm betting it was a DOA return item that was then sent out to me thinking I wouldn't notice or I'd think returning it was too much trouble. On top of that, they've been out of manufacture for quite some time so all that the stores have are the dregs. So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas? Cheers. Richard Kunc W4KBX FlatHat at comcast.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
"So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas?" I had been using my Yamaha HP-1 headphones on my Kenwood TS-590. I decided they were too good for amateur radio and wanted to keep them in good condition. I had followed the threads on the CM-500 and purchased Koss SB/45. They are far from the quality feel of the Yamaha but are reasonably comfortable and shut out external sounds better. I used them to make several CW DX QSO and they worked fine. Not as nice as the Yamaha for listening to the split pile up over a 3 kHz span but quite adequate for the job. Very few phone QSO with them but no complaints with the frequency response. I have not hooked up the microphone yet. Andy, k3wyc __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
#1, contact Amazon customer service and inform them what you reported here. Some years ago I had a similar situation with a Baofeng handheld, it came with frequencies programmed in it. Amazon was not happy and immediately issued a refund. Years ago I bought the CM-500 and a Logitech gaming headset at a much lower price. (For my K3 and Flex-6300). They both worked very well on both rigs and I received similar audio reports. The headset padding did not last as long, but considering it was 1/3rd the price of the CM-500, that was acceptable. Logitech Stereo Headset H110, Standard Packaging, Silver $16.81 Ken On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 1:01 AM Richard wrote: > I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other > company after waiting eight days and there were problems. > > 1. The original factory packaging was gone. > 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that > had been cut down from a larger box and taped together. > 3. There was no manual. > 4. The mic was dead. > > I’m betting it was a DOA return item that was then sent out to me thinking > I wouldn’t notice or I’d think returning it was too much trouble. > > On top of that, they’ve been out of manufacture for quite some time so all > that the stores have are the dregs. > > So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The > CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a > gift for a friend who badly needs something. > > Any more ideas? > > Cheers. > > Richard Kunc > W4KBX > > flat...@comcast.net > __ > 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 > Message delivered to wa8...@gmail.com __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Headset Hubbub
I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days and there were problems. 1. The original factory packaging was gone. 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that had been cut down from a larger box and taped together. 3. There was no manual. 4. The mic was dead. I’m betting it was a DOA return item that was then sent out to me thinking I wouldn’t notice or I’d think returning it was too much trouble. On top of that, they’ve been out of manufacture for quite some time so all that the stores have are the dregs. So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas? Cheers. Richard Kunc W4KBX flat...@comcast.net __ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
