[Elecraft] KX3 speaker: distortion from mechanical vibration?

[Don Wilhelm]

Andrew,

The gap is between the top and bottom covers - turn the KX3 over and 
look at the bottom right below the speaker - you should see a gap 
between the bottom cover and the speaker mounting plate which is a part 
of the top cover.

Use a piece of paper as a feeler gauge to be sure the gap is really a 
gap and not two pieces of metal touching each other.

73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/19/2012 2:48 PM, Andrew Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That small speaker - if driven to high volumes *will* distort - there is
>> nothing that can be done about that.
>> As far as the mechanical vibration, that is quite another thing.
>>
> I'm definitely not reaching the speaker's limits, as I can get very clean
> output from it at even higher volume as long as I apply pressure to parts
> of the case to dampen the vibration.
>
> The speaker itself is no slouch.
>
> I've got to do more checking on this mention of the "gap" so I can be sure
> where it's supposed to be. It looks like the square mounting gasket is snug
> right up against the enclosure at the moment but it's not clear to me if
> that's where this gap is supposed to be. I expect a quick Internet search
> will reveal the answer, so I'm off to do that.
>
> Thanks,
> --Andrew
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