[PLUG] Yamaha CM500 headset: front microphone unplugged

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 16:37:49 UTC 2021


On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:21 Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I use several CM500 headsets, they are great. If you look very closely, you
> will see the plugs have pictures of headsets and microphones and say
> "PHONE" and "MIC" on them. Yes, black for ear, gray for mic. The microphone
> on these headsets requires a voltage called "phantom power" to operate, as
> most microphones these days do. Most modern soundcards actually provide
> this power built-in.
>

Phantom power is something else entirely - it is used to power condenser
microphones. And most PC and sound cards do not provide that. If you have
microphone requiring phantom power (12/24/48V), you would typically use
appropriate mixer, pre-amp or phantom power injector to supply it
separately.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power

Best luck, Tomas

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