Yeah, if you are gonna take that route, a pair of Bose 901s, the EQ unit and a pair of Macintosh mono amps would be out > > > Geez Louise, for $4.08 + $2.98 shipping you can buy a pair of foldable > compact speakers from Amazon.com that will fill your room with audio. > Powered from a USB port or wall wart. Look for "Black Folding Stereo > Speaker for Apple iPod Touch 4G". It plugs into phones jack for input. > > Monty K2DLJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Davenport > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 6:06 AM > To: Johnny Siu ; [email protected] > Cc: Elecraft > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - audio distortion after level 30 > > Yes, I had the same issue. You can reduce it if you go into the menu and > set > AGC*THR to 5 (or 4). 4 will totally eliminate the distortion but will > reduce the maximum volume the radio will produce. For me, (I'm going to say > it) the wimpy audio amplifier is a big disappointment. As you have > discovered, even using an external speaker it does not produce decent > volume. If I use the radio outside in my patio, headphones are pretty much > manditory. Even with headphones, if my neighbor is mowing his lawn. it can > be difficult to hear. My K2 has enough amplifier that I can just drown out > such noise. I would certainly have accepted a few more mA of current drain > for a decent audio amplifier. > > 73/72 de Al, W2GZN > > > ________________________________ > From: Johnny Siu <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:53 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 - audio distortion after level 30 > > Hello elecrafters, > > I fully understand that audio from the internal speaker of KX3 could be > distorted at high level say >30. However, even I plug in an external > self-power speaker, the audio is still distorted if I set the AF level at > say >30. > > Apparently, the audio distortion is not only due to the small speaker but > also caused by the internal audio amplifier within KX3. > > Is my observation normal? I am NOT complaining anything but just want to > make sure that my radio is without fault. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > TNX & 73, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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