[Elecraft] Yamaha Headphones

[Bert]

I just bought a KOSS SB45 headset and it came with a 3.5 mm TRRS plug.
Bert VE3NR



On 2022-11-21 19:49, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> While that may be true Jim, the Koss SB45’s I saw on Amazon.ca (ca=Canada) had USB plugs on the ends of them, not the 1/8” phono type for Mic and Ear (stereo).
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> I looked at many ads, and there was enough inconsistencies in the ads (some ads showed USB & 1/8” pictures, both) that I did not buy that particular model.
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> I was headed to the Caymans for a contest expedition and time was of the essence, so I erred on the side of safety as there would not be enough time to buy the proper one later, should I have rec’d the USB ones (that were no good to me)
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> Mike VE9AA (ZF2AA in CQWW SSB 2022)
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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> From: Jim Rhodes [mailto:jimk0xu at gmail.com]
> Sent: November 21, 2022 8:08 PM
> To: Mike Smith VE9AA
> Cc:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Yamaha Headphones
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> If you want a Koss and an electret mike get an SB45. Basically an SB40 with electret instead of dynamic mike.
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 8:25 AM Mike Smith VE9AA<ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>  wrote:
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> I have a pair of CM500's I've used extensively for the past 7-8 yrs.maybe
> longer.
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> I typically wear them from 12-40hrs on any major contest weekend.  It would
> not be an exaggeration to say
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> I have well in excess of 1000hrs on them. (a guess..the # might be 2 or
> 3k.who knows.)
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> All I did was wear out the bonded pleather, but liked the phones so much I
> bought new velour earpads for them that cost nearly as much as the
> headphones originally cost, hi. They are better than new now. No issues ever
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> Recently I bought a few sets of the Koss SB40 and by gosh they look an awful
> lot like the Yamaha's..maybe made in the same factory - who knows.  They are
> starting to get hard to find as well but I found mine on amazon.ca for
> around $60 CDN
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> Good luck!
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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