Hi Gary,
I agree with your comments. I seem to like radios that have better audio resolution and sound good rather than have good specs. That's why I like using my K2 - it sounds great with headphones. It has a great tone. All other radios have been moved on and the K2 is my main rig.
I don't care about the specs so much but it is a bonus.
Here in VK we don't suffer from strong close-in signals like OPs in EU so these things matter less. One of the reasons I've ordered a K3 is because guys were raving about how good they sound, not because of the dynamic range etc.
I don't know if elecraft have gone to great lengths to engineering the K2 audio
or whether it was a technological accident. But if it sounded like fuzzy tin
box I would have sold it years ago regardless of it's specs.
Dave
VK2NA
Message: 33
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:47:08 -0700
From: "Gary D Krause" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Elecraft] Chasing the numbers
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>,
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Since the K3 is at the top of the list now and the K2 isn't far behind, I've
been wondering how the numbers really affect what we hear. If a ham were to
sit down in front of all the top rigs, blind folded and not allowed to touch
them, would he or she be able to pick out the one with the best receiver by
just using his or her ears? Lets assume that this ham has good hearing and
that every rig is set the same. I realize that people have different reasons
for picking a rig and that it isn't always based on lab tests otherwise we
would all own the same rig assuming money is not a factor :-) But is there
really a difference in the lab numbers as close as they are or are we just
chasing numbers?
Gary,
N7HTS
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