I dunno about that, if you think about it you can get some halfway 
decent audio happening on ssb.  it just requires some forethought.

Shaun
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On 6/04/2008 2:26 AM, the old scribe known as Louis Kim Kline was able 
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> Hi.
> 
> It just goes to show that everyone has their own opinion on how a 
> microphone should sound.  Most of the people that I talk to have no use for 
> the MC60.  I have one on my Kenwood TS690S.  I used to have an MC50 on my 
> old TS430S with the appropriate adaptor to change it over to the 8 pin 
> format.  No one ever complained about my audio there, but then again, it 
> was SSB and most people don't expect much out of SSB.
> 
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:24 AM 4/5/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>> I always thought the MC 50s were too basy.  The 60 seemed to address that
>> problem to some extent.  Lou
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>
>>
>>> just on the old 440, best ever sounding 440 I ever heard was one that
>>> had an mc50 up it's front end. although, the old mc60s weren't a bad mic
>>> either. I've owned an mc50, mc60 and mc85 and was happy with the
>>> performance of all three. teh best mike I have here nowa days is my
>>> yaesu yd-148
>>>
>>> Shaun
>>> web sites:
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/04/2008 12:01 AM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
>>> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>>> A hand mic will sound tinny anywhere, I've heard very few, much less on
>> the
>>>> newer radios that sound good. If you're doing dx or what ever it's
>> livable,
>>>> but try a local or close to it rag chew, it's very obvious what you're
>>>> using. Especially since they use mostly the same mics now they have for
>>>> almost 30 years, maybe changing a connector or so, the newer radios just
>>>> don't sound as good I find, like the 570DG  sounds like absolute crap
>> with
>>>> most people with the hand mic, same hand mic that they used way back
>> with
>>>> the TS-440 and it sounded a bit better on that radio. I never even took
>> mine
>>>> out of the box until a flood in the cellar destroyed that box. I saved
>> the
>>>> TS-570 plugs and hand mic, but still will never use it and I've never
>> heard
>>>> anyone try it with the TS-2000 so I can't say what that sounds like. I'm
>>>> told again, with most voices even worse.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:44 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>> Getting back to the topic of high quality microphones on the TS2000S, I
>>>>> would love to set up something that has good high quality sound but
>>>>> employs
>>>>> Colin's 4 button interface for controlling things out at the
>>>>> microphone.  Sure wish that I was still good at building stuff.  I
>> might
>>>>> still consider the route of having someone build that box and use one
>> of
>>>>> the Kenwood or Heil microphones that has been set up for that radio.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now I have one of the four button hand mics and they tell me that
>> I
>>>>> sound tinny on 2 meters with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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