Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

2016-09-20 Thread Jim Brown
This is very good advice. My TXEQ settings are similar -- I'm using more low cut and about half as much HF boost. My friend Fred, K6DGW, has severe hearing loss, probably a result of his military service. Knowing my experience in pro audio, he asked my advice for his K3. I recommended RXEQ

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

2016-09-20 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 9/20/2016 7:59 AM, brian wrote: > I seem to recall this advice (from Elecraft?): Use the attenuation sides of the equalizers and not the gain side if at all possible. Yes, this came from Lyle, KK7P who designed the DSP. > This begs the question. If gain is bad to use, then why is it (up

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

2016-09-20 Thread brian
I seem to recall this advice (from Elecraft?): Use the attenuation sides of the equalizers and not the gain side if at all possible. This begs the question. If gain is bad to use, then why is it (up to +16 db) included as a choice. Why not limit it to some small value? It would seem this

Re: [Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

2016-09-20 Thread Ramon Tristani
Important question. Could the designer from Elecraft please answer? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2016, at 6:12 AM, f1gwr wrote: > > Question for the K3s DSP programmer(s): > > After reading the "audio" thread and trying to optimize my audio equalizer, > my questions are:

[Elecraft] K3s DSP headroom

2016-09-20 Thread f1gwr
Question for the K3s DSP programmer(s): After reading the "audio" thread and trying to optimize my audio equalizer, my questions are: what is the headroom over the 0 dB equalizer? Or does the DSP has its own normalizer/AGC to avoid overload? Found a satisfactory setting, with maximum values