[Elecraft] Re: external speaker in EC2 cabinet?

[Vic Rosenthal]

Wayne Burdick wrote:

> We tried putting a front-facing speaker into an EC2 cabinet quite a while ago.
> What we found is that you get lots of high end but poor bass and midrange. The
> problem is that the box is not tall enough to provide good base "backing" when
> the speaker is mounted on the front panel. When the speaker is mounted on the
> top, bass and midrange is quite strong because the larger dimension of the box
> and the top cover itself provide good low-end emphasis.

The problem with the top-mounted speaker is that the highs are directed 
away from the operator.  The result, for CW, is a mushy, thumpy sounding 
signal which is hard to copy at high speed.  I've found that holding a 
flat plate at a 45 degree angle to the top of the rig helps, as does 
putting a large PVC pipe elbow over the speaker, but these aren't 
elegant solutions.

However...what about an EC2 with a small 'tweeter' in the front panel 
and a larger 'woofer' on top?  I bet there would still be room for an 
optional switching PS in there.

Vic K2VCO