[TenTec] Anyone using W2ihy products on omni 6 with goodresults?

Bob McGraw - K4TAX RMcGraw at Blomand.net
Fri Nov 2 19:14:01 EST 2007


>From one that has, for quite a few years, sat behind the console in a major 
recording studio, I will attest to the fact that fixing a poor sounding mike 
with EQ simply leaves one with a poor EQ'd sound.  If the operators voice 
doesn't sound like Don Pardo then adding a bunch of EQ still won't make it 
sound like Don Pardo.   Some operators have a great voice and will sound 
good.  Most of us will not be able to achieve that result.

If one starts out with bad audio, then it will always be bad regardless of 
the EQ or processing that is applied after the mike.  Ya can't make a silk 
purse out of a sows ear.  I don't object to the W2IHY products. What I do 
object to are those operators that do not need or understand how to use EQ 
and processing.

I think Dennis has found the solution, buy it, try it, and then put it in 
the cabinet for the next hamfest flea market.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:41 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Anyone using W2ihy products on omni 6 with goodresults?


> Being an old Omni owner from the early days on I have definite opinions 
> based on experience... The Omni 6 series was designed for DX and 
> contesting and the audio chain is optimized for that...  As others point 
> out, you can stuff 8K of audio into the mike connector, but it will get 
> stripped off and/or cause distortion...  The only reason I can see for the 
> W2IHY  (a fine audio product) would be to smooth out a peaky microphone or 
> make up for  low mike output - a new mike would be more cost effective 
> solution...
>
>  Now, having said that I have the W2IHY and I tried it on the Omni and on 
> the MK-V and on the Orion, and it now resides in the steel storage cabinet 
> where my surplus gear winds up...  It is a good product, but was a bad 
> idea for my radios and Heil mikes...
>
>
>
>
> denny / k8do
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