[TenTec] headsets

[Richards]

While I concede the Yamaha headset works well and is about $50...
it is my view that .... The Ten Tec 777 is made much better than the 
Yamaha unit,   i.e., is made of more durable, higher quality parts.

The Yamaha unit uses an electret condenser mic, and that is HOT compared 
to a dynamic mic - and you NEED to have the proper resister, capacitor, 
etc., in the circuit to use an electret condenser mic with the rig, AND 
YOU MUST reduce the hardware audio gain under the rig to get a hot 
electret condenser mic to work properly with the AGC on the rig. 
Frankly ... I prefer a dynamic mic element.

I kinda like the TT 777 headset... but I will probably sell it in favor 
of  my
other headsets  (Sennheiser, AudioTechnica, Shure,...)

I think it is a good product for TT ... way, no WAYYYY better than those 
cheapo WarrenGregoire sets they previously endorsed.    Sheesh... those
are just AWFUL...

So  has a winner in this one, I think.     (Again, I am NOT dissing the 
Yamaha
unit... we all used one during the 160M SSB contest in Feb and no one 
complained about comfort or audio quality and we got LOTS of compliments 
on our audio - we used another guy's Omni VII ... )

Just MY take.

========================== James // K8JHR  ==========================




On 5/25/2010 12:26 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
> Thanks. Tons of information. Appreciated.
>
> Michael Goins, k5wmg
> Professor, Writing
> University of Texas at San Antonio
> Northwest Vista College
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Jim Brown K9YC
> <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 07:58:06 -0500, Michael Goins wrote:
>>
>>> Jim,
>>
>>> I guess I am not seeing it but I wanted to read the articles on RFI
>>> and interfacing the Yamaha headphones you mentioned. Are they
>>> somewhere else?
>>
>> They are on that webpage.
>>
>> http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf  Page 61
>>
>> http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf  Pages 46-49
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jim K9YC
>>
>>
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