[TenTec] Yamaha CM500 Headset

[Richards]

Nice report, Jim.   THANKS.

Those Yamaha headsets garner good reviews from home recording mavens, also. 
I have yet to see any bad press on them.

I wonder if it would be a better headset for TT to recommend than that 
crappy ol' headset sold by Warren Gregware and Assoc.    That uses a 
condenser mic, and it really blows - it is overly hot, and has poor close 
talk characteristics.   And the headphone receiver elements sound thin and 
hollow.

Another one I figured might work OK is the Koss SB-40 which has a dynamic 
mic element, and also has decent earphone receiver elements--sounds 
excellent and costs under $40.

The only negative with either the Yamaha or Koss models mentioned herein is 
they each need an appropriate connector adapter to work with the rig.   If 
TT made such a connector, or we lined up another source, such as W2ENY who 
makes and sells them on eBay and a web site he has, then  TT could easily 
recommend a far better headphone/mic combo that the WG model they now 
reference - I cannot imagine why they still do this considering the low 
quality thereof.

I use a Sennheiser HMD-45-6 open air headset,  or a Shure SM-2 headset,  and 
occasionally the Shure 512 headset...uses same mic element as SM-2...  with 
excellent results.   Plenty of good audio reports - and that is a real boon 
for a relatively new operator - the last thing I need is a lousy microphone 
messing up the program!

Just MY take.

================  James -K8JHR  =================

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> From: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] Yamaha CM500 Headset
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