I don't understand something. Every time on this list someone asks about a bit of fidelity in their audio, the naysayers jump in with all the usual tired counter arguments, usually punctuated by the infamous WWCD (what would Collins do).
Why not just give it a bit of a break for a change. Huh? Please, oh please? Grant/NQ5T Sent from my iPad On Jun 20, 2012, at 9:38 AM, "Bob Stevens" <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Bill; I ran a Collins S-line for 35 years before entering the > 21st century this year with a K3, and people talked about Collins sounding > so good-Art Collins was (is) not trying to sound like a broadcast station > but wanted to be able to communicate effectively-that's the real purpose of > our stations. Just my 2 cents worth, 73, Bob K9ING > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nr4c > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] more Bass in K3 with PR-40 > > I really think this thread has been about hams wanting to sound like the > announcer on the big time radio station with a million dollar transmitter > and a studio. That kind of sound is not really in the realm of amateur > communications, nor the budget. We'd need a different license to sound that > way. > > > My $0.02 worth.... > > ...bill nr4c > > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:16:29 -0700, eric manning wrote: >> Rich said: >> >> intelligibility is concentrated around 1-2K Hz. Yes? >> >> I think so. If my failing memory serves, early Bell Labs work found >> that >> 300 - 3000 Hz was the minimum- width audio band which preserved >> intelligibility and allowed the speaker to be recognized. >> That became the basis of the A/D converters which in turn fed the >> T-series [T-1, T-2 etc] of digital transmission systems for the >> telephone network. >> On the other hand, much of this thread seems to be about speech >> fidelity [Does it sound Great?] as opposed to intelligibility [Can I >> copy it?] >> >> Eric >> VA7DZ >> >> -- >> >> "Democracy depends on well-informed voters; absent that, it is all mud >> flowing down hill." >> --Charles Harpole > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
