Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-14 Thread Don Wilhelm
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Walter Underwood [wun...@wunderwood.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 10:40 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question I use the same

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-14 Thread hawley, charles j jr
] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 10:40 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question I use the same Pyle speakers, mostly because they were cheap, but they sound OK. My RX EQ is flat. With my KX3, I drive them with a $10 12V audio amp, because the phones output

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-14 Thread Walter Underwood
I use the same Pyle speakers, mostly because they were cheap, but they sound OK. My RX EQ is flat. With my KX3, I drive them with a $10 12V audio amp, because the phones output is 100 mW. Details here: https://observer.wunderwood.org/2017/03/04/speakers-for-my-elecraft-kx3/ wunder Walter

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Dennis Moore
I sometimes listen to a ball game on the K3 with two SP3s, sounds great even when I forget to switch from LSB to AM. I set a wide rcv filter and haven't set RX equalization to take advantage of them. I just plugged them in and started listening. I'm not an audiophile. 73, Dennis NJ6G On

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Bill
Wayne - the receive EQ on my K3 is pure gold! It allows me to work around age-diminished hearing and enjoy - what is to me - full range hearing. Similar to how high quality hearing aids work. I just want to hear how well they do (or don't do) in the real world - on various desks, etc. And,

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Bill
Well, between list failures and a lack of the "real world" experience replies I was seeking, I have decided to continue using the Behringer MS40 pair. Just wasn't meant to be. I did receive a couple of direct replies indicating I might well be disappointed in the low end department - which I

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread James Wilson
Bill, Personally, I like the SP-3 speaker. I have two of them and, compared with my Koss headphones, they both sound like the headphones. Great for the K3 on SSB or CW. Not Hi-Fi for music but entirely adequate. PLUS, they look good in the K-Line. Jim - W4RKS

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 2/5/2018 1:43 PM, James Wilson wrote: Great for the K3 on SSB or CW. Not Hi-Fi for music but entirely adequate. I've been using the Pyle PCB3 series "cube" speakers since well before the SP3 was introduced. The Pyle speakers are spec'd at 90 - 20 KHz (about the same as the SP3) and are

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Wayne Burdick
Hi Bill, The SP3 is relatively flat from 100-20,000 Hz, and is very sensitive (90 dB SPL), meaning no need for amplification. A K3 or K3S will drive one or two of them easily. The K3/K3S also have RX EQ to tailor the response to your operating position. I'll let others comment subjectively

[Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Bill
This is a report - first try did not appear. In the real world, does the SP-3 exhibit well rounded frequency response? Or, is the response more directed for "communications use"? How is it for listening to AM broadcast? How does it do with the famous K3 hiss? How does it do with a less

[Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Bill
In the real world, does the SP-3 exhibit well rounded frequency response? Or, is the response more directed for "communications use"? How is it for listening to AM broadcast? How does it do with the famous K3 hiss? How does it do with a less capable receiver (one without an EQ)? I am

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread tnnyswy--- via Elecraft
>>> which I need for AM and SWL. I >> also dabble in ESSB. <<< Bill, according to the Scripture of HAM Radio, AM, SWL, and even more so, ESSB,  is not Ham Radio. Please do not listen below 200Hz, and above 2400Hz. Should you persist, you'll get cavities, and eventually go deaf. This is in

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-06 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/5/2018 10:13 AM, Alan wrote: On 02/05/2018 07:58 AM, Bill wrote: I did receive a couple of direct replies indicating I might well be disappointed in the low end department - which I need for AM and SWL. I also dabble in ESSB. I'm not an expert in speaker design but I have dabbled a

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-05 Thread Alan
On 02/05/2018 07:58 AM, Bill wrote: I did receive a couple of direct replies indicating I might well be disappointed in the low end department - which I need for AM and SWL. I also dabble in ESSB. I'm not an expert in speaker design but I have dabbled a little. I think that to get good bass

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-05 Thread Bill
I posted this message - and checked that it appeared. It did. But, it was skipped over on the reflector. Hmmm??? Well, between list failures and a lack of the "real world" experience replies I was seeking, I have decided to continue using the Behringer MS40 pair. Just wasn't meant to be. I

Re: [Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-04 Thread David Bunte
Bill - I saw your earlier request. Don’t know if I saw more than one. I did not respond then because I thought the first post said something about how great the SP3’s sounded on music, but I could be remembering wrong. The other reason I did not respond is because I assumed someone with an SP3,

[Elecraft] SP-3 frequency range question

2018-02-04 Thread Bill
This is another repeat - the first two attempts did not appear. Makes me wonder if I am blocked for some reason??? In the real world, does the SP-3 exhibit well rounded frequency response? Or, is the response more directed for "communications use"? How is it for listening to AM broadcast?