[Elecraft] K2 - K3 Comparison Question

[Gary D Krause]

Hi Paul,

I own the K2 and K3.  Like you, I'm not a contester.  I actually prefer the 
sound of the K2 on CW.  To me it sounds warmer and smoother.  The tone of the 
K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't 
notice.  The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2.

Gary, N7HTS


On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT)
  Paul Clay <mr_pookie_jr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone 
>quality of received CW signals.  When using my K2, I often find myself 
>marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious 
>quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound 
>like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very 
>pleasing to the ear.  Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good?  I can't tell from 
>listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on 
>demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature 
>most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've 
>read, touted for the K3).  Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of 
>it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the 
>better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a 
>function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul, N6LQ
> 
> Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not 
>really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features 
>that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong 
>adjacent signals;  I'd like to be able to have all of the superior 
>selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up 
>any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this 
>point before making the considerable investment in a K3.  Again, thanks in 
>advance for any helpful observations you can offer!
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