Hi Olli, Agree that it is marketed as a multi-purpose rig and it does it damned well too. With external powered speakers I would expect it to be excellent and that's my experience with it too. If it doesn't play well with the external speakers how can it play well with headphones.
With just the internal speaker, sorry but did you actually look at the size of that thing, considering its size it actually performs really well, but not to hook up external speakers when used as a base station rig is IMHO just foolish, the internal speaker is fine for operating outside on the terrace table or out in the woods (in relatively quiet surroundings), but if you have it in your shack then what's the big problem hooking up external speakers and getting *excellent* audio with stereo FX and dual watch. The K3 has a much bigger speaker (surprise surprise) but even that misses the stereo (essential with the sub receiver) and it's got *nothing* on my AudioEngine A2 speakers, which I use for both my K3 and KX3 in the shack. In general I find it nicer to operate with speakers than with headset but for portable operations a headset is sometimes the most practical, and also at home if there are other people in the house doing noisy things or not appreciating the sounds from the rig. 73, Thomas M0TRN On 4 August 2012 11:59, Oliver Dröse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > well, I would not agree on that points with you. Elecraft is marketing the > KX3 as a backpack AND desktop radio (with not available KXPA100 and > KXAT100). They also lay some emphazise on it being perfectly for newcomers, > etc. So I expect it to work with the internal speaker in shack situations, > too, not only with headphones. As I would expect from any other radio, too. > But the KX3 does the job okay in the (quiet) shack, as long as you don't > expect it to provide sound & loudness like a stereo system. ;-) > > 73, Olli - DH8BQA > ______________________________________________________________ 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
