[Elecraft] Stereo Speaker for K3

[David Bunte]

Mike -

That is probably the case here as well... but I guess I just don't run the
volume up very far.

Dave - K9FN

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have WMR amplified speakers, and I get really bad sound if the volume is
> up too far.
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
>
> > On Nov 23, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Steve Ellington <steven4lq at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Am I missing something? Why would one want to use an amplified speaker
> on a
> > K3 since the radio already has an amplifier? Doing so would seem to
> invite
> > distortion and RF pickup. The K3's audio output is supposed to have a 4
> ohm
> > load and computer speakers are probably closer to 1000 ohms. It's almost
> > like having no load at all. I don't think that's good for the K3's output
> > chip.
> >
> > I have the West Mtn. speakers here and they sound rather poor compared to
> > almost any comparable computer speaker.
> >
> > Steve N4LQ
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