Guys, I suspect that you are hearing differences in the speaker. My K2 sounds good through an external audio amp with a 5 inch woofer. It is not audiophile quality, but then it was not intended to be. For communications purposes it is great, the speaker sounds smooth and due to the speaker characteristics it reduces the high frequencies above 3.5 to 4 kHz.
Nothing wrong with solid state amplifiers - many are cleaner than tube types. There are audio processors available that introduce some controlled harmonic distortion to make solid state amps sould like tube types - these devices are available in the pro-audio field. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I suspect that what we are hearing is simply the solid state > audio section. I > could be wrong but I don't think that audiophiles are falling > over themselves > trying to buy audio amps with LM380 and LM386 integrated circuits. > > The fact that the odd CW signal sounds perfect is confusing. I am > experiencing > the same thing. > > Be interesting to pipe the audio from the detector into a HiFi tube amp. > > Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
