I think if you do allot of rag chewing the studio mike is nice as it can be 
placed conveniently, you don't have to hold it, and the audio is typically 
going to be nicer to listen to for the other guy compared to a hand mike or 
desk mike which both have their place, but aren't necesarily fun to listen 
to for hours on end.
I've used a few, but keep coming back to the SM58 straight into the radio, 
or through a inexpensive studio mike tube preamp.  It's not necesarily about 
getting massively wide full range audio, but clean, crisp smooth audio 
rather than naissally boxy audio like with a stock hand mike or amplified 
desk mike.
Honestly, you can pick up a decent studio mike, tube preamp, cable, and 
stand with a boom for less than a new desk mike, or in some cases, stock 
hand mike from any of the big 3.  You can go nuts too of course, but you 
don't have to do that for nice smooth, articulate enjoyable audio from your 
rig to the other guy.
I also find that with any studio type mikes aimed at the ham radio market, 
the prices are stupidly high.  Microphones are getting cheaper and cheaper 
all the time in the pro audio world, and what used to cost 300 bucks is now 
less than $100 for the same thing.  Heil is even expensive in comparison to 
major microphone manufacturers...but it's partially the bragging rights etc 
that go along with it...not too many guys like to brag about an apex, 
behringer or senheiser mike when the second they say heil everyone tells 
them how great and wonderful they sound...if it's a behringer pencil 
condenser people start to criticize and opinionate about it because it's 
cheaper...though more often than not the quality is better.
Anyway, studio mikes have their place certainly and one can spend as little 
or as much as one chooses, just like anything else in ham radio from radios 
to antennas to towers to amplifiers to accessories...

73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message----- 
From: John Miller
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 5:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Hams and mic's

I don't have it anymore, but the best sounding mic I ever had on my radio
was an audio technica apr30. Believe it or not, I only paid
$30 for it on amazon.com. I had the W2IHY 8 band EQ at the time and when I
sold that I sold the mic with it. I ran that mic with and without the W2IHY
box though and was told it was the best I ever sounded on my TS-2000. Due to
financial reasons and loss of interest in the audio stuff, I got out of that
and just run an M C-60 now but I was told it sounded better than the big $
mics by many and even had a few people compare and I had to agree for them.
It was very nice to listen to, not so high it hurt to listen to, not all
base, it had good range. I almost kept that mic and just sold the w2ihy box
but it was kind of a deal breaker so I figured I could get that mic again, I
just haven't done it yet. I don't have the interest anymore in playing with
audio settings, the MC-60 gives me good reports, it's a desk mic which I
like, I really don't like using hand mics when I don't have to and this has
been my setup for 5 or so years now. I just don’t' have the time, 
interest,
or money in trying for broadcast audio so one person can say it's great and
another say it's horrible, then a bunch chime in with changes to make and
each one makes someone else complain, no thanks I don't have the time for
that anymore.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Gammon
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:28 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Hams and mic's

Not wanting to stir up any controversy here, however, I think you
guys are getting out of hand with these mic's, especially when
you are talking about a 300 to 3k band width,.  I mean we're not
talking hifi fm broadcasting.  I get great audio reports on my
TS590 using the stock hand mic.  I think you can do a lot to
augment your voice quality just by adjusting the audio
characteristics available in the menus.  I bought a Heil hand mic
from a ham on the swap net and it sounds like crap, like I am
holding my nose while talking.  It might be a good DX contest mic
because all it has is high's so I guess it will cut through
traffic, but otherwise, I don't use it even though it feels nice
in my hand.  Good luck and happy spending! Jim WA6EKS

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:40:54 -0330
Subject: Not cheap

Steve:

Those radio sports aren't cheap.  They make a set optimized for
tubed and
older rigs prier to 1990 and this thing is 299 plus the cost of a
cable,
hand or foot switch and 40 bucks to ship to Canada.
Add in the exchange etc I'm probably looking at close to 500 plus
canadian.
LOL On the other side of the coin, I can get the Heil Gold Elite
and CC-1
connecting kit for 172 plus 43 plus taxes and shipping, about 250
or so put
on the air.  I could get the HM-12 on the air for 150.  I hope my
cheaper
Apex and connecting cable works out.  LOL I do like the sound of
the Gold
line which I've heard ya on but I'm not sure if the HM-12 will do
my voice
justice.  I'm told that my voice sounds kind of muddy on the Pro
Micro Duel
and where that's a cheaper heil set, think the HM-12 will sound
like that,
again where its a cheaper mic.  My yaesu MD-1B8 seems to get the
more
favorable reports.

73:
Mike DE VO1AX

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