Listen carefully, at 29 seconds in he states that they are using the same speakers...
What I notice is that the panadaptor on the FTDX5000 has a very slow refresh rate! Bob NW8L On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > Sounds exactly like the FT has a forward facing speakers (are those the > grilles on either side of the spectrum display) and the K3 is using its > internal up-facing speaker. > > When the pickup microphone is beyond what the audio folks call the "critical > distance" the echoes from around the room start to compete with the direct > audio, causing a loss of clarity and an echoing effect. > > If they wanted to compare apples with apples, the mic should have been the > same distance and same orientation from each rig, or best, used a direct > wired connection to the camera audio input. > > It's true that in almost any situation the up-facing speaker won't sound > quite as good as a forward-facing speaker. That's why so many Elecraft > owners who use the speaker much add a pair of outboard forward facing units. > Back when the K2 was new, many ingenious Hams looked to the past and built > deflectors out of metal, stiff paper or plastic that sat on top of the K2 to > deflect the sound forward. Works great. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:53 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & FTDX5000 you tube > > If this is a duplicate listing...sorry. > > I really don't care about an "audio" comparison on just one signal on > a quiet band, but wow...look at the size difference! > > I guess guys like driving an 18 wheeler, but I'll stick with the K3 > any day of the week. Â YMMV > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKwJ8Cu8lA0&feature=fvw > > de Doug KR2Q > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
