[Elecraft] a wish for a balance control

[n4lq]

At least those headphones work in "data" mode....Some of the more expensive 
headphones are just analog!

Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 11:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] a wish for a balance control


> -----Original Message-----
> Steve, N4LQ, wrote:
> Lot's of headphones have individual volume controls. MFJ has a pair that
> sounds good. Theirs has volume and tone contols.
> http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-392B
> For $25 they are hard to beat.
>
> ----------------------
>
> Oh, my word! Reading the ad I find this:
> "Near zero loss on signal transmission from the gold plated plug and 
> cord."
>
> I've seen many uncomplimentary comments about MFJ over the years, most of
> which, IMHO, weren't really justified, but this starts to change my mind.
> Maybe the ad writer was being paid by the word but that statement is 
> almost
> in the class of the cryogenically-treated power cords for audio amps.
>
> Clicking on the photo for a close up shows the Styrofoam dummy head 
> wearing
> them with the phone marked "R" on his left ear. Oh well, he doesn't 
> pretend
> to be anything but a dummy from what I can see.
>
> I wonder if the cord really is "gold plated" like the ad said?
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
>
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