[Elecraft] Goldline MM5 and Behringer

[Jim Brown]

  On 10/14/2010 2:19 PM, Adrian wrote:
> Playing with a Goldline MM-5 on 40m  using the TX ESSB = On at 3k,

What is  a Goldline MM-5?  Google doesn't find it.
> (I need a mic pre-amp to get this working best with no compression, have
> ordered a
>
>    NEW * BEHRINGER MIC100 VACUUM TUBE PRE-AMPLIFIER )

The ONLY good reason for an outboard preamp with a K3 is to use a 
PROFESSIONAL mic that requires balanced phantom power, and there's no 
good reason to use such a mic with a K3.  Further, Behringer has a 
TERRIBLE reputation in the pro audio world. They are well known for 
shoddy manufacturing quality, lousy service, and for stealing product 
designs from reputable manufacturers.  They were convicted in a German 
court of doing that to one mfr, and have settled out of court with at 
least two others.  They even copied the mistakes on a Mackie circuit 
board, and at one point, Mackie couldn't buy the OEM parts to build 
their own mixers because Behringer had bought them out from the OEM 
vendor to mfr the copied products.

73, Jim Brown K9YC