It is Engrish On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 12:52 Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote:
> The official product page is also wrong, either through ignorance or > spell-check. It describes it as "a sensitive electric microphone”. > > > https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/accessories/cm500/features.html#product-tabs > < > https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/accessories/cm500/features.html#product-tabs > > > > I think we can all agree that a) it has an electret mic, and b) the > official product descriptions are a mess. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > > On Nov 8, 2020, at 1:27 AM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/7/2020 2:42 PM, Bill Frantz wrote: > >> The packaging said (in part), "Dynamic Microphone for Active Musicians" > > > > The sales/marketing department, usually ignorant of what they're > selling, wrote that drivel you're reading, which is intended simply to sell > more of whatever they're selling. > > > > The CM500 has had an ELECTRET mic as far back as 2008, when W6XU, > another audio professional, arranged a group purchase for your Bay Area > contesting club. It DOES need Bias, which most modern rigs provide on one > pin of their mic connector. Simply adding a resistor of suitable value (in > the range of 5-10KOhms) between that pin and the mic input pin, provides > bias suitable for most electret mics. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ai4ns.m...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
