[TenTec] Orion microphone choices, Orion Monitor function

[Grant Youngman]

I must have been using my other left hand when I wrote this ..

All TX EQ settings I mentioned should have been Minus (-) not plus 
(+) as I screwed up and said.  Been a long day ...

Grant/NQ5T

> Somewhere in the archives in last 30 days or so, you will find a lot
> of discussion .. along with the usual bickering, wailing, and finally
> some answers :-) ... on using the HC-5/4 with the Orion, along 
with
> recommended settings for both TX EQ adjustment and speech 
processing.
> 
> Orion's speech processing up to about level 3, adds a lot of punch
> without adding that unmistakable  "processed sound".
> 
> I use either a Studio One on the mic input or (most of the time) an
> RE-20/VX-2000 fed into the AUX input.  Both work fine, and 
sound good.
> TX EQ is in the +12-14 dB range for either mic, a little higher for
> the Studio One.
> 
> I don't find the monitor to sound muffled.  YMMV on that.  You 
might
> try a master reset just to see if that changes what you're hearing. 
> It could also be telling you that you need to add a little on the +
> side to TX EQ ..
> 
> Grant/NQ5T
> 
> 
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > New to the list, so if this has been discussed before, my 
> apologies.
> > 
> > Curious as to what everyone is running for a microphone with 
their
> > Orion.
> > 
> > I use the Ten-Tec Studio mic with mine, and have gotten 
excellent
> > audio reports. However, when I compare my Orion to my 
1000D, 
> people
> > who know my voice tell me that I sound "louder" and have better 
> DX
> > characteristics on the 1000D. I use a MD-1 Yaesu desk mic with 
a 
> Heil
> > number "5" cartridge with my 1000D.
> > 
> > No amount of adjustment gets my Orion to sound as punchy as 
> my 1000D.
> > 
> > What is everyone using with their Orions for microphones, and 
> why? Has
> > anyone done any comparisons with different microphones? 
> Results?
> > 
> > On a bit of a different subject...what do you Orion owners think 
of
> > the monitor circuit? I find mine to be muffled and not true
> > sounding...sound familiar, or is my monitor just not working 
right?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 73 de Don
> > W0DJC
> > 
> > BTW, running version 1.367 software.
> > 
> > 
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