[Elecraft] Fwd: K3 Microphone Choices

[David Gilbert]

You, my friend, are the hypster's legal prey.  There are many areas in 
life where price and quality are practically unrelated, and those who 
look for quality based primarily on price are either ignorant or too 
lazy to do the research.  Even the "plastic vs metal" criteria doesn't 
hold up in the real world, and when dozens of people point out the 
incongruity of spending $150 for a Heil mic that is no better (and 
probably worse) than something that can be had for $50 or less, the wise 
would pay attention.  A  $20 electret computer microphone will sound and 
function every bit as a Heil when properly set up with the K3.

"The same could be said be said about buying a loaded K3/P3 SVGA for 
$5500+ instead of an IC-718 for $700 both radios?"

Or maybe the same could be said about spending $12,500 for an IC-7800 
instead of $5,500 for a loaded K3/P3.  Oh wait ...

A $900 toilet seat is still just a toilet seat.

Dave   AB7E



On 3/14/2013 3:52 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
> The same could be said be said about buying a loaded K3/P3 SVGA for $5500+
> instead of an IC-718 for $700 both radios?
>
> Myself I prefer a better quality of radio, mic and microHAM equipment over
> Signalink. I hate to have a weak link in an otherwise good station and then
> quality comes into the picture plastic vs. metal. That said I do have
> several "plastic mic's in the shack 2 Elecraft/Heil headsets and 2 Elecraft
> hand mic's K2/KX3.
>
> Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
>
> Fred/N0AZZ
>