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Jorge Diez - CX6VM-2

Inrad W1 Headset and K3

hello

anyone use the new Inrad W1 Headset with K3?

What´s the headset connectors, both 3.5 mm like CM500?

thanks for the info!

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73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
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Dick Dievendorff-4

Re: Inrad W1 Headset and K3

I used mine this weekend, I am very happy with them. The headset has a 1/4 stereo phone plug that is quite robust when compared with a 3.5 mm plug and an adapter. The cable is long and seems sturdy. Very comfortable over the ear phones with good isolation. Has a boom mike that I can push out of the way for a CW contest.

I’m glad I bought them.

73 de Dick, K6KR

> On Feb 18, 2019, at 16:40, Jorge Diez - CX6VM <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> hello
>
> anyone use the new Inrad W1 Headset with K3?
>
> What´s the headset connectors, both 3.5 mm like CM500?
>
> thanks for the info!
>
> --
> 73,
> Jorge
> CX6VM/CW5W
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Jim Brown-10

Re: Inrad W1 Headset and K3

On 2/18/2019 5:02 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> I used mine this weekend, I am very happy with them. The headset has a 1/4 stereo phone plug that is quite robust when compared with a 3.5 mm plug and an adapter. The cable is long and seems sturdy. Very comfortable over the ear phones with good isolation.

If I had $195 (headset plus mic plug adapter) to spend and needed a good
boom-mic headset, I'd buy a CM500 and a couple of bottles of a REALLY
nice single malt. The only reason I can think of to spend that kind of
money is if the headphones have REALLY great isolation from room noise,
and then only room noise was a problem for me (like in a SSB multi-op
contest station). And I'd do the A/B comparison before plunking down the
bucks.

There's BS in the product description too -- "1 1/2 feet coiled cord for
RF suppression" is nonsense. If anything the added length makes it a
better receiving antenna for radios with RF problems! And there is zero
magic to 600 ohms -- we haven't matched impedances in audio for nearly
50 years! It's simply a low impedance mic, and virtually all mics used
in ham radio have been low impedance for at least that long.

I've been using a CM500 for about ten years, and the only thing that
breaks is the cable, because I'm really a klutz with headsets. It's not
replaceable, and I don't see a note that the cable in this one is
either. If I'm not mistaken, the excellent Sennheiser headset DOES have
a replaceable cable.

73, Jim K9YC

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Jorge Diez - CX6VM-2

Re: Inrad W1 Headset and K3

Hi Jim

I bought several MC500, I am happy with them, but not good isolation when doing multi on SSB

And the foam is shelled very quickly

73,
Jorge

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El 18 feb. 2019, a la(s) 19:56, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> escribió:

> On 2/18/2019 5:02 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>> I used mine this weekend, I am very happy with them. The headset has a 1/4 stereo phone plug that is quite robust when compared with a 3.5 mm plug and an adapter. The cable is long and seems sturdy. Very comfortable over the ear phones with good isolation.
>
> If I had $195 (headset plus mic plug adapter) to spend and needed a good boom-mic headset, I'd buy a CM500 and a couple of bottles of a REALLY nice single malt. The only reason I can think of to spend that kind of money is if the headphones have REALLY great isolation from room noise, and then only room noise was a problem for me (like in a SSB multi-op contest station). And I'd do the A/B comparison before plunking down the bucks.
>
> There's BS in the product description too -- "1 1/2 feet coiled cord for RF suppression" is nonsense. If anything the added length makes it a better receiving antenna for radios with RF problems! And there is zero magic to 600 ohms -- we haven't matched impedances in audio for nearly 50 years! It's simply a low impedance mic, and virtually all mics used in ham radio have been low impedance for at least that long.
>
> I've been using a CM500 for about ten years, and the only thing that breaks is the cable, because I'm really a klutz with headsets. It's not replaceable, and I don't see a note that the cable in this one is either. If I'm not mistaken, the excellent Sennheiser headset DOES have a replaceable cable.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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