It turns out that while Yamaha has discontinued the CM-500 headset-microphone as a retail item, It is still being manufactured as an accessory for a Yamaha LC4 music learning system. This is a system where all the students in the classroom wear a headset and the teacher can talk to everyone at once, or converse with individual students, similar to the language learning labs many of us sat in back in high school.
A large music distributor, sweetwater.com, sells the Yamaha language learning system and has occasionally had CM-500s available at a reasonable price. I bought one there not too long ago. Their website is not currently showing the headset as available, but you might try giving them a call. The salesperson who assisted me was named Ritchie. I have no relationship with the firm other than being an occasional customer. Al, KN3U -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of j...@kk9a.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub What are hams going to do when their CM-500's break? Are you sure that the mic was DOA? It has an electret microphone which requires voltage to work. John KK9A Richard FlatHat W4KBX wrote: I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days and there were problems. 1. The original factory packaging was gone. 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that had been cut down from a larger box and taped together. 3. There was no manual. 4. The mic was dead. I'm betting it was a DOA return item that was then sent out to me thinking I wouldn't notice or I'd think returning it was too much trouble. On top of that, they've been out of manufacture for quite some time so all that the stores have are the dregs. So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas? Cheers. Richard Kunc W4KBX FlatHat at comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 a...@ieee.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
