[Elecraft] K3S vs. K3

[Phil Wheeler]

This "By trial and error - and keeping careful 
notes - I eventually I found a combo of settings 
that work for me.  My K3 now provides rich warm 
receive audio via a pair of Behringer amplified 
speakers and is most pleasing to listen to for 
hours at a time.  Having said all this - I have to 
say my K3 has excellent receive audio. I just had 
to dig to get to it." is interesting, Bill.

Can you share your combo of settings?

Phil W7OX

On 5/16/15 6:20 PM, Bill wrote:
>
> It is a fact that out of the box, many rigs do 
> sound better than the K3 - warmer and richer 
> audio. That was my experience and is also 
> reported by others. However, these rigs are not 
> equals to the K3 in most other aspects and have 
> no K-Line of supporting equipment available.
>
> It took me a long time to get the K3 sounding 
> the way I wanted it to - to suit my needs of 
> armchair copy on 40/75/160 for rag chew. Hiss 
> and audio response were both a problem, making 
> my K3 less than desirable for my needs.
>
> I decided to make use of all the various menu 
> settings/changes/selections afforded by the K3 
> to get it to produce the audio I wanted. The 
> Cady book was a help in understanding what the 
> various settings do and why they do it.
>
> I dogged and dogged the problems and menus. I 
> asked for help and basically found I was in this 
> by myself - other reflector users said the K3 
> sounded wonderful. To me, it did not. My TS480 
> ran audio rings around it - right out of the box.
>
> By trial and error - and keeping careful notes - 
> I eventually I found a combo of settings that 
> work for me.  My K3 now provides rich warm 
> receive audio via a pair of Behringer amplified 
> speakers and is most pleasing to listen to for 
> hours at a time.  Having said all this - I have 
> to say my K3 has excellent receive audio. I just 
> had to dig to get to it.
>
> Now, will I get the new synth? I don't know yet. 
> I will first need to hear what experiences other 
> K3 users are having with it. So far, none have 
> replied to my question on the matter. However, 
> that really doesn't matter much, as I am in no 
> hurry.
>
> Bill W2BLC K-Line