[Elecraft] [OT] FT-5000 vs. K3

[Tom W8JI]

I thought it was just me so I didn't say anything.

I wasted time listening to five of the recordings, and 
decided I waste enough time wasting time. I mean, listening 
to stereo diversity in mono over a speaker recorded with a 
mic, and some off and on keyed clicky signal when the pitch 
was not the same?

I'd like to hear a $6K radio but not through a $3 mic.  :-)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Lorona" <alorona at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] FT-5000 vs. K3


I hate to be a party-pooper but comparisons like this really 
don't tell much of anything (and YouTube is filled with 
them). Recording a single signal acoustically from a pair of 
speakers several feet away in an echoey room is the worst 
way to try to listen critically and try to absorb the sound 
of a rig. Aside from some slight tonal differences the two 
receivers sound pretty much the same to me-- and in real 
life they probably do sound very similar. Did we really 
expect a significant difference? I agree: not scientific 
(nor useful) at all.

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> Found these videos on Youtube from YO3GJC, not really 
> scientific
> but a comparison between the K3 and the FTDX-5000 using 
> the
> same speakers:
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