[Elecraft] Audio K3 not as good as K2

[Ron Meiring]

Mistery solved.

This was the posting I red :
I quess I wasn't triggered for the fact that this was a K2/proII 
comparison. Fair enough.

Good to hear that the K3 has none of these problems what so ever!

73 Ron VK4KDD

>I worked the 3B7C station last night on 40 meters with a dipole.  I 
>compare the signals between the PROII and the K2/100.  Same!  But, I 
>think the K2 was easier on the ears...cleaner audio or something.  
>Reminds me the the ICOM 765 which is the sweetest sounding radio 
>I've 
>ever used in my opinion.
>
>But....the signals were still the same....but sweeter on the K2 
>thant the PRO-2
>
>Lee - K0WA

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:19:48 -0700, Ed Muns wrote:
>>I read in the previous postings that the CW sounded better on
>>the K2 than the K3. That is a bit of a worry to me.
>>Icom has the same problem, and quite often this seems to be a
>>DSP rig problem.
>
>I haven't seen any post claiming "CW sounded better on the K2 than
>the K3"
>else I would have challenged it.  The only people who could make
>such a
>claim are the few Elecraft employees and field testers who are
>actually
>using K3s on a daily basis.  None of us would say this.  Just the
>opposite,
>we'd all vouch that the K3 sounds even better than the already great
>K2.
>Moreover, several of us have said that despite the K3 being a 
largely
>software-defined radio with much of its performance derived from
>superlative
>DSP design, it sounds more like the best analog radio, e.g., classic
>Collins
>and Drake radios, than a digital radio.  The most striking first
>impression
>of the K3 when you first put the headphones over your ears, is it's
>exceptionally fine sound.
>
>>How is the SSB souding from the K3 in particular with weak
>>signals deep , deep in the noise?
>
>Fantastic.  I can't imagine anyone being less than impressed, let
>alone
>critical about it.
>
>73,
>Ed - W0YK