I like the quality of the audio from my IC-91AD, but would appreciate more of it... (louder).
My TH-F6A's audio amp and speaker smoke the IC-91AD for both quality and loudness... until you plug in the tiny Kenwood speaker mic. They were kind enough to put an earpiece connection on the bottom of their speaker mic too, but then made it 3/32" instead of the standard 1/8" plug every earbud in the world uses... The IC-91AD sounds bettery quality-wise than my wife's VX-7, but the VX-7 is louder. Generally, it seems to be related to the craze to "waterproof" the rigs... whatever the heck they needed to do that for. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [email protected] On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:00 -0700, "J. Moen" <[email protected]> wrote: I haven't heard that 80, but I'm very pleased with the audio quality of my 91AD. I guess audio assessments are influenced by personal preferences. Jim - K6XZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael A. Waldron To: [1]dstar_digi...@yahoogroups. com Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Where to look for an IC-80AD review? I don't have an 80, but I do have a 91 and a 92 and they both suffer the same audio quality issue you're describing. I don't have the speaker mic for the 91, but I do have the GPS mic for my 92 and I have to say the audio quality improvement is amazing. The 80 GPS mic appears to have the same head as the 92 and just a different connector, so I would expect similarly improved performance over the built in mic on that radio as well. -Mike J. Moen wrote: > > Would the speaker/mic accessory help? I tend to use those with HTs when > I'm in a noisy environment anyway, since if necessary I can move it > closer to my ear. > > Jim - K6XZ -- Michael A. Waldron, AE0MW . 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