The only EQ Plus and W2IHY equipment I have heard on air to date have been little short of dreadful to my ears....But that's MY ears, and they are the only ones I have and the brains DSP is most likely not that crash hot either at my age.
Having said that, Jim has hit the nail on the head, and he should know, of all people. I listened to a guy with an old Collins and the W2IHY etc...yep it sounded good..but it sure was wide let me tell you. Oh well, YMMV but I agree with Jim and Hactor et al, save your money, if you have the gear, then sell it off I guess. 73's Gary - VK4FD On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX <[email protected]>wrote: > I too agree with Jim on this point. Myself, being a retired pro audio guy > and used lots of microphones and EQ's and processors, I've not seen the > need > for EQ on any current production or model ham radios. Take something made > back in the 50's or 60's or 70's and they likley could stand some help. > Even today should one use a lousy mike on a new radio and then add > compression, gating and EQ and you'll have a lousy sounding signal with > lots > of compression, gating and EQ. No amount of EQ will make the average hams' > voice sound like Don Pardo. > > Microphone and microphone technique is the real secret to good sounding > audio. Of course one must have the radio adjusted properly and thus not > "all knobs to the right" to make the meter move higher. > > 73 > Bob, K4TAX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Brown" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2IHY 8 band equalizer and EQ Plus > > > > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:59:58 -0700, Ron Gould wrote: > > > >>Has anyone tried either of these products out on a K3 and care to share > >>their results compared to using the built in 8 band equalizer built into > >>the K3. > > > > As a pro audio guy who has used hundreds of equalizers, I can tell you > > that > > the TX and RX in the K3 are all you need, and that adding anything > > outboard > > would be a waste of money. > > > > 73, > > > > Jim K9YC > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
