Behringer MS40 outstanding with my K3, no RFI problems either. 73, Deni - F5VJC
On 22 March 2016 at 16:36, Bill Davis via Elecraft <[email protected] > wrote: > I am not much of a "poster", but this thread has had my close attention. > I guess even though I have been hamming for over 60yrs, I had somehow grown > to believe that speakers for voice communication or CW, for that matter, > were very NON- critical. In recent years I have come to a very much > DIFFERENT opinion. > For close to 10yrs my 2m SSB rig was an Icom 746Pro. I loved the audio > out of that rig. It had a 2m SSB only TX issue that Icom could not resolve > after multiple trips back for repair. I sold it and bought a Kenwood > TS2000. Swapped the rigs out and was dismayed at how horrible the rec audio > sounded out of the 2000. That was with the same Motorola 2way speaker that > I had used for years with the 746Pro! I mean horrible! I have quite a > collection of the Motorola speakers and trying them one at a time, I found > one that I could live with, not quite as good as the Pro but ok. Boy that > 2000 was fussy about speakers. > Fall of 2009 when I added a K3 to the operating position, I found a > similar "fussyness", when it came to speaker selection. I was NOT satisfied > with the Motorola speaker that I had used happily with a IC-735 for many > years. Speaker selection seem "critical" just like the 2000. That coupled > with how one sets the Shift/ Width/Hi-Low cut make huge differences in the > way the radio sounds (obvious). Huge variability with the Shift/ > Width/Hi-Low combined with mode and filter. WE HAVE CONTROL of these > variables, they are not predetermined. I can make the K3 unpleasant to > listen to with some combinations, no question. > > Last month a K3s entered the picture and again I was trying about every > speaker I had. Trying to find one that sounded as good as the K3 / Motorola > speaker combo. None of my Motorola speakers came close. In the end I found > a speaker from a failed power speaker system that I had relegated to the > garage. I very much like the sound of that speaker and the K3s. > I use RX equalization AFTER I find a speaker that I can live with. I > know that in this time of my life, my ears are not what they were decades > ago. I suspect that not only do I have known losses, but I may have certain > frequency ranges that may be ANNOYING as well. > I know back in my HiFi / Stereo days with vacuum tube amplifiers, speaker > selection was pretty simple for me. When I transitioned to solid state > amps, not so much. > > To anyone who dislikes the sound of your K3 or K3s, my experience is try > LOTs of different speakers. I saw huge differences, not subtle, but HUGE. > I'll bet you can find one that will work satisfactorily. These solid state > AF amplifiers just may be more fussy about that transducer that is attached > than what some of us would expect. > > 73 Bill K0AWU > > > > From: ke9uw <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:30 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S audio board for K3 upgrade? > > I had a 480 and did not care for the sort of pinched up audio compared to > say > the 850. > I am using a couple of 6 by 9 speakers in enclosures on the K3, one on each > side of the stereo and the sound is just fine. As they say, opinions vary > and have so many variables like speakers, what/how/where you operate, > physical hearing anomalies, etc. that audio reviews are just about useless. > > > > ----- > Chuck, KE9UW > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3S-audio-board-for-K3-upgrade-tp7615346p7615445.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
