[Elecraft] Yamaha Headphones

[Walter Underwood]

That is exactly why I said “inexpensive” dynamic mics. Yes, a $400 dynamic mic sounds great. But a $2 electret mic element sounds nearly as good. Electrets are a really amazing technology, invented at Bell Labs. They are a cheap, rugged relative of the condenser mics used in studios.

Here is one for $1.50: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1064 <https://www.adafruit.com/product/1064>

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ <http://observer.wunderwood.org/> (my blog)

> On Nov 21, 2022, at 12:03 PM, Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net <mailto:alorona at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
> 
>>>> An electret mic has much better fidelity than an inexpensive dynamic mic, 
>>>> so the CM500 is probably a better choice.
> 
> Is that really true? If you looked inside all of your local AM broadcast stations, all you'd see are dynamic microphones. 
> 
> I'm not sure why most headsets have electret mics. Maybe it's because they have a higher output which lessens the need for a lot of preamplification? I don't know.
> 
> Al  W6LX/4
> 
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