[Elecraft] SMD-based kits

[Jim Brown]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:25:50 -0500, Don Brown wrote:

>Some people think they sound better and musicians say they have 
>a warmer sound (or is it just because the room is warmer). 

It is well known among audio professionals that the perceived 
"warmth" is nothing more than second harmonic distortion, AND the 
absence of much higher order products (the ear is far more sensitive 
to high order distortion, because they are less musical -- that is, 
higher musical intervals). You can buy studio signal processing 
products from a very well respected designer of mixing consoles that 
are simply second harmonic generators. The "normal" setting of the 
"warmth" control is at around 3-5%. 

Jim Brown  K9YC