[TenTec] Orion microphone choices, Orion Monitor function

[ac5e at comcast.net]

HI Don: Depending on what humor I'm in at a given time, I use one of several Ten Tec 705's - a couple with an accessory jack for my Heil's; a Turner 252, an EV 620, a Shure studio mike, or one of a couple of more. 

There's a ham across town who says no brand but his favorite brand can possibly sound good but with a little twiddling with the eq and mike gain even he admits they all sound good. I run the SP on 3 or 4 and very few of the locals can tell whether it's on or off. It keeps a lot more of the bars on the amp lit with the SP on, though. 

I don't know whether I'm "punchy" or not but I do know the DX comes back a lot faster than they used to. And I get a lot more DX stations who stop a run to ask what rig I'm using, it sounds so good. So I figure the Orion's audio is excellent. 

And finally, I have never found a monitor that I would tell me a whole lot about how I sound. Too much direct conduction through my head competing with the sound from the cans. 

73 Pete Allen  AC5E