[TenTec] Corsair audio

[Jeff Peacock]

What about a ventriloquist hihi?
Jeff
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder - N4NT -" <N4NT@chartertn.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair audio


> Nobody knows what he, himself, sounds like.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
> To: "Ronald Hands" <ronald.hands@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair audio
>
>
> > Just one, Ron:
> >
> > Quit trying to set up your transmit audio by relying upon on-air
contacts
> > with "friends" or worse, casual QSO partners.
> >
> > I can predict with almost 100% certainty that you will just end up with
> > about as many opinions as the product of the number of mics and setups
> > times the number of people involved, plus a few more since some of the
> > people lie and others change their minds.
> >
> > The point here is that only *you* know what you sound like and what you
> > expect to sound like on the radio and only you can be relied to be
> > completely honest with yourself. Even a close friend that knows your
voice
> > may not be inclined to be totally honest in reporting his impression of
> how
> > Mic A sounds compared to Mic B. People are people and they all change
from
> > day to day. And they might expect that you *want* to hear that expensive
> > Mic A really does sound better than junker Mic B.
> >
> > I suggest that you use a second receiver - a good one with a clean audio
> > system - and a good set of headphones with it to monitor your
transmitted
> > signal. Put a dummy antenna on both your transmitter and the monitor
> > receiver. Tune in your own signal very carefully using the widest SSB
> > filters you have. Be very careful not to overload the monitor receiver.
> You
> > should see an S7 to S9 signal on its meter at the most.
> >
> > Now, you are prepared to audition *your* voice on various microphones
> > and/or equalization settings, etc. and to select what sounds to you
either
> > (a) most like how you think your voice sounds or (b) what you would
*like*
> > to sound like on the air.
> >
> > If you haven't done this, I would expect that it will take you maybe 2
> > minutes to try all three mics and find which one comes closest to
meeting
> > your goals. If none of them do, then it may be time to use a small mic
> > premp/equalizer to shape the mic output to suit you.
> >
> > I have used the W2IHY EQ/Noise-Gate unit very successfully with several
> > microphones to tailor the sound. I presently am using the Behringer
MX602A
> > Mixer/EQ unit as the main audio control center in the shack to handle
all
> > transmit, receive, computer, and scope monitor audio as well as to drive
a
> > power amp and speaker system. The flexibility of shaping your voice
signal
> > has to be heard to be believed. And for $70, it is quite a buy. It works
> > equally well for shaping received audio so you can listen to other
signals
> > and make them sound best to your ears.
> >
> > This long harangue boils down to one fact: you can rarely believe what
> > other people tell you from on-air contacts about how your audio sounds.
> > They are hearing you through their own receivers and filters and their
own
> > speakers and finally their own ears, and evaluating what they perceive
> > according to "their" standards of what you should sound like.
> >
> > I gave up years ago asking "how does my audio sound?" unless I was
looking
> > for a trouble report based upon my suspicion that something had gone
> wrong.
> >
> > Hope this is of some help and not too discouraging . . .but the bottom
> line
> > is that I do not believe that there is any "best mic" for any radio.
Like
> > most other things in life, "it depends."
> >
> > 72/73/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> > Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> > Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
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> > Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina #91900556  IC-765 #02437
> >
> > All outgoing email virus-checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002
> >
> >
> > Ronald Hands wrote:
> > >
> > >    There seems to have been a fair bit of discussion about microphones
> > > lately, which leads me to ask: is there any consensus on a
particularly
> > > good desk mike for the Corsair II?
> > >     I've had my Corsair for three or four years, but use it mainly for
> > > CW so I haven't bothered about microphones.  However, I've recently
had
> > > occasion to crank it up on SSB a bit more often and have been testing
> > > different microphones -- and growing more confused by the minute.
> > >     Did a test the other night between a Shure 444 and a Drake hand
> > > mike.  Everybody said the 444 was best.  Then I did a test today with
a
> > > friend who knows my voice.  Used three mikes: the 444, the Drake and a
> > > TenTec 701 hand mike.  The verdict was that the Drake was far
superior,
> > > the 444 came second and the Ten Tec was a distant third.
> > >     Obviously I need more choices.  Any recommendations?
>
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