[Elecraft] K2 Audio issue

[Paul Heller]

>As stated many times by Wayne B., the K2 design criteria was for low
>receive current consumption and that is one reason that the K2 has
>limited audio power output.  The current consumed by a higher powered
>audio stage could likely take more current than the rest of the
>receiver.
>
>Those of us who want loud audio in the shack would do well to consider
>using an external audio amplifier - at least that is the solution for
>me.
>
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>
For what it's worth, the K2 here works very well with the Sounds Sweet 
speaker (and yes, it does seem out of proportion somehow that the 
speaker is many times the size of the K2, but it does produce lots of 
audio ;-)  ). 

Having said that, I prefer phones for CW and use phones 95% of the time, 
but the speaker works well when I'm in the mood for it.

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 /Paul Heller
  W3PH