[Elecraft] How loud it i!

[Helmut Usbeck]

To many variables are being tossed into the soup, WWV, 3 feet=
 above, 
reflections from walls, etc.  Having a bit of audio experence, 
firstly as  to "loudness", I have found that the how quality,=
 timbre, 
and audio range varies with personnel preferances and very=
 important 
how a person percieves it should be.  Some folks like there rig=
 to 
sound very comm like, narrow range, distorted, even CB like.(no 
kidding).  If it doesn't  sound "right" there must be "something"=
 
wrong.  Not so.

On my K2/100, #2698, I put my sound level meter directly into and=
 as 
close to the cone as possible to minimize sound reflections.  40=
 
meters, no ant, lower sideband, AF and RF at max, preamp on. =
 --108 
db.
That's loud.

I don't care for the sound from the built in sqeaker, it shoots=
 all 
of the audio straight up, but for CW its just fine.  It's the=
 typical 
Xceiver sound of today.  I have to go back to one of my higher 
quality boat ankger before I can sit back and say "that sounds=
 good".
I've not been able to drive any of the larger ext speaker over=
 here.

Best so far and sounds quite good to me is an Audax 3" APO080M4 
mounted in a small 4  square box semi-open back.  Has range of 
80-16000 hz.

As far as earphones go I we