One thing I liked about my IC-7800 was the copious audio output, by contrast my IC-703 is quite feeble albeit not too bad. I'm not requesting a 20+2W stereo amp in the K3, rather at least one watt RMS or maybe a tad more if possible. I like using a large Hi-Fi speaker, more is always better. Roll on July 2007 :-) Simon Brown, HB9DRV