[Elecraft] Yama CM-500 Replacement

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

I have and use the Koss SB-40.  I get great audio reports.

Yes, I agree,  if the mike is not positioned correctly and the TX EQ not 
set correctly, it can sound bad.   So can any other mike where good mike 
technique and application is not correctly used.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 1/8/2019 11:51 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> I’ve heard good things about the Koss SB-45. It has an electret mic and is about half the cost of the CM-500, at $25. I have not used the SB-45.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Koss-sb45-SB-45-Communication-Stereophones/dp/B00081A2CW
>
> I would not get the Koss SB-40. That looks like the Yamaha, but has a dynamic mic that has gotten some bad reports.
>
> A while back, I took a close look at the mic plug on my Yamaha CM-500 headset. It is labeled “Koss”.
>
> wunder
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>> On Jan 8, 2019, at 7:00 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>
>> Sad to say, but my trusty old CM-500 headphones with boom mic finally bit the dust. The ear pads had started rotting away, leaving me with black pieces of gunk on my ears after every on-air session. Tried replacing the pads with a set of Koss pads but they simply were too small and I wound up breaking off the connectors going to the speakers. Life is too short to spend any more time messing with them, so it’s time to look for a replacement.
>>
>> I’d like to hear from others who are using a similar type of headphone/mic combo - one that is a direct plug-in to the back of a K3 like the Yamaha CM-500. If Yamaha would offer replacement parts to their users I’d consider getting another CM-500, but they don’t and I’m not inclined to buy something again that cannot easily be repaired.
>>
>> Suggestions…?
>>
>> Jim / w6JHB
>>
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