[Elecraft] Comparison of Motorola Speakers with BookShelf & MFJ !

[Tim and Nancy Logan]

Jim - I tried the Motorola 8 ohm speaker and had a similar reaction.
When I tried the 4 ohm Motorola I was very impressed and am quite happy
with the audio now. For what it's worth :-) 73/Tim Logan NZ7C

JimWMiller@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Over the weekend KN2X and I compared the Motorola Speaker with the bookshelf,
> MFJ, K2 internal speaker and an inexpensive pair of Sony Headphones.
> 
> This was a completely *subjective* test and your mileage my vary! In any case
> the result may surprise you!
> 
> ********* Results **********
> 1.  First the Motorola HSN4024A was tested.  This is an 8 ohm 8 watt speaker
> that sells for $14.95.  My expectations were high but the results were
> somewhat disappointing. Yes, it was louder than the internal K2 speaker but
> really nothing special. (Not all Motorola speakers are identical and your
> model may be better.)
> 2.  Next the MFJ "ClearTone", a $10 special was tested. My expectations were
> low, after all MFJ makes junk, does it?? ...   Hey, it was pretty good!  In
> fact, it was better than the Motorola. It was as loud and the tone was a
> little better... but still not great.
> 3.  The bookshelf was tested next.  It's volume was low.  The K2 did not have
> quite enough power to drive it well.
> 4.  Finally the inexpensive ($20?) Sony Headphones were tested. These sounded
> good. Good fidelity, pleasing and did not feel like a vice was on my head
> like some headphones do!
> 
> Conclusions: The headphones win!  As far as speaker goes the MFJ was not bad
> and the Motorola was not quite as good.  Since I use headphones most of the
> time, this is almost a non-issue and the MFJ is probably *adequate* for
> occasional use.
> 
> But can we do better?? In the shack a Kenwood TS-830 was driving a MFJ Active
> filter which drove the bookshelf speaker.  This was loud and sounded good
> (*almost* as good as my National HRO-5TA1, circa 1946 !!!).   I'm wondering
> if similar audio quality could be obtained if the K2 drove an the active
> filter with a good amplifier (or equilizer etc.) and a good  bookshelf
> speaker???  Has anyone tried this? If so please comment.
> 
> 73, Jim WA2UMP K2:2679
> 
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