[Elecraft] K3 Speaker, Season finale

[Fred Smith]

I will make a short answer for me anyway, if I didn't like Elecraft's
business model and where they put their priorities I would not be an owner.
Much less sold many thousands of dollars of other brands of
radio's/Amps/etc. to switch to all Elecraft gear for the most part. I see
speakers from other manufactures who have SDR's but never seem to do updates
to them or if so 1 or 2 every 2 yrs or so if the customers are lucky.


73,
Fred/N0AZZ
K3 Ser #'s 6730/5299--KX3 # 2573--K2/100--KAT100
P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2



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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:07 AM
To: Ramon Tristani
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker, Season finale

Does this mean you'd be willing to pay the R&D costs, or just the list price
for Qty 2, Elecraft-developed K3 speakers?

In my experience with Elecraft, the principals decide what a product line
includes.  I doubt that style-matched speakers is on their list of 'must do'
items, but I don't speak for them and don't have the inside dope.

It's "up to Elecraft" to do business however they see fit.  That is a fact.

One thing I can say with certainty is that there are plenty of high quality
speaker sets available at retail.  The Bose Companion 2 multimedia speakers
are particularly effective, and at $99 SRP it's going to be difficult for
Elecraft to compete (tooling costs,  unit price, or reproduction quality).
I'm pretty sure Elecraft folks have thought of this angle as well.  They run
a tight ship and don't miss much.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:44:04 -0400, you wrote:

>
>
>It is not easy for me to understand the rationale of many of the hams that
recommend buying an old, battered CB speaker at a flea market to shine
beside their K3/P3/KPA500 line up. It is like spending on an Armani suit and
wearing it with a pair of old dirty sneakers bought second-hand at a yard
sale. No kidding, I have seen that too!
>
>And all this for the sake of Elecraft, to save the company from the "shame"
of having to use their talent to build a matching speaker enclosure?
Somebody should have told Arthur Collins, but it is too late for that, I
guess. Can you imagine somebody buying a Rolls Royce without tires only
because Rolls Royce doesn't make tires? 
>
>And last but not least, what is the science of designing a transceiver with
so many advanced features if the output product, the sound coming out of the
speaker, is mediocre at best? Why should a company hang the reputation of
its product on some other manufacturer of cheap computer speakers that will
not care for the excellence and expertise invested in Elecraft's flagship
system? 
>
>The sound coming out of the K3 is mediocre at best. It is up to Elecraft to
provide a solution. If need be, I am willing to pay for it.
>
>Ramón Tristani
>r.tristani at gmail.com
>
>
>
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