[Elecraft] Yamaha Headphones

Fred Jensen k6dgwnv at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 17:13:57 EST 2022


A long time ago, velocity ["ribbon"] mics were common in broadcast, 
apparently they're not any more.  Really boosted the bass if you close 
talked them.  At 17, I could crawl way up close to the RCA 44 at the 
board and sound like James Earl Jones.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Al Lorona wrote on 11/21/2022 12:03 PM:
>>>> 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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