[Elecraft] K2 Sound and feel

[Brett gazdzinski]

Yes, I think there is a lot going on in the modern stuff,
early stages being distorted, stuff getting through the filters,
and other sorts of distortion.

I have been into AM a long time, and fidelity there is important,
and all the modern rigs sound nasty on AM no matter what filters
they have, even with outboard audio amps.
The best sounding receivers I had were ones from the 40's,
single conversion, push pull audio output tubes.
The SX17, the Scott SLRM, they were designed to also be
hifi amps for record players...

When I did my K2 filter crystals, when grounding them, I used
thicker wire, think that helps any?
I cant detect anything getting past the filter in my K2.

Brett
N2DTS

 > There you hit the word I was looking for, "rumble".  I have 
> the narrow 
> 250 Hz filter in a 706 and a 718.  That sums up the 
> difference between 
> them in the K2.  With those filters there is more rumble, and 
> sometimes 
> the signals blow right by the filters and blast you if you have the 
> volume up.  With the filters in the K2, I find that I can use 
> the wider 
> bandwidths more than expected, and that the effects of the 
> filter on the 
> received audio is "softer".  If that makes any sense, where 
> the received 
> audio with the other units with narrow filters is harsher.
> 
> David Wilburn
> dave.wilburn at verizon.net
> K4DGW
> K2 #5982
> 
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