[Elecraft] K3S audio could be its biggest selling point

[Johnny Siu]

Hi Steve,
I am also the one complaining about artifacts in the audio especially during SSB.  Hence, improvement in audio will be a big plus to me.
73
Johnny VR2XMC
      寄件人︰ Steve Ireland <vk6vz at arach.net.au>
 收件人︰ elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
 傳送日期︰ 2015年05月17日 (週日) 1:50 PM
 主題︰ [Elecraft] K3S audio could be its biggest selling point
   
G’day

Unless a radio sounds nice, however good the RF performance I think we ultimately shy away from using it. 

If Wayne and Eric have substantially improved the K3 audio quality with the new K3S version, IMHO this is a major step forward and a big sales aid.

As a K3 user since 2008 and mostly CW operator, the main reason it finally got displaced from the ‘go-to’ spot on the operating desk here was the tonal quality of the audio, which tired me during long periods of operation. I should add my K3 is fitted with the ‘first generation’ DSP board and I never got around to acquiring the replacement version.

The K3’s superb RF performance, in particular under contest conditions and for weak signal DXing on 160m had deservedly kept it welded in place there for almost seven years, but the supporting acts of the old analogue Ten Tec Corsair and Icom IC-751A were easier on the ears and got used for general listening/operating. I finally changed to another modern radio for main duties a month or ago, which sounded better to my ears than my K3 and has a similar RF performance.

Vy 73

Steve, VK6VZ