The only mics wired for kenwoods are Kenwood mics and if you get the right 
cable for them the heil line of mics will work out great though that HC-4 is 
torture to listen to and for DX only, I know you need the adapters for all 
of the Kenwood mics, I think Heil sells cables for their mics for the TS-480 
and the like now though. Beyond that you're on your own to wire them up 
yourself. I run an audio technica ATR-30 on my TS-2000, with a W2IHY EQ, but 
I hear with out it it sounds great too. I tried it once and it really was 
good, I made a cable for that myself. I don't understand it, but I"m told 
the turner plus 3 sounds good on the TS-480. I heard one and it was pretty 
good, I was genuinely impressed. That would take some wiring though, mine is 
wired for 4 pin kenwoods and staying that way because it's been rewired so 
many times you're stripping wires now back at the coiled part of the cord 
and that's a royal pain. Kenwoods almost always sound good, I just prefer 
some sounds over others, especially with some voices. The MC-60 just doesn't 
have a sound I like on the newer radios.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: mc60 etc


> Hello;
> What other desk microphones were not priced out of reach and worked better
> with kenwood?
> Do any come wired for the ts480 to avoid the adaptor?
> Richard