[Elecraft] that Drake or Collins "sound"

[Darwin, Keith]

Yes, good point Don.

When I did my tests, I fed the antenna to both rigs and tuned them to
the same signal.  I routed the rigs headphone output to a mixer and then
to the Delta 44 sound card in my computer.  The signals were recorded in
Cakewalk Home Studio.  This allowed me to listen to how each rig did on
the same signal at the same time and to listen to it under studio
headphones.

The rig's speaker was not part of the equation.

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.100.ssb -

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:49 AM
Cc: elecraft at Elecraft List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] that Drake or Collins "sound"

I am not certain what speakers you folks are using for these comparison
tests, but if using the internal speakers, that alone can make a big
difference.

I use my K2 with an external speaker (a 6 inch woofer - amplified of
course) - and I can say that if I feed it to the inputs of my shack
stereo system it really sounds good - the internal speaker makes things
sound a bit 'tinny' just because it is a small speaker.

73,
Don W3FPR

Darwin, Keith wrote:
>  
> I did some A/B testing with my K2, Drake 2B and R4A.  The 2B was in 
> fabulous condition and had the Q multiplier.  The 4A had some issues 
> which made it work just not quite right.
> 
> I found the 2B to be a wonderful sounding rig for CW.  It was warm and

> rich and the signals had a smoothness that was wonderful.  The K2 
> didn't sound a nice but it wasn't that far behind.
> 
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