[Elecraft] K3S audio board for K3 upgrade?

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Mon Mar 21 12:21:32 EDT 2016


On Mon,3/21/2016 7:55 AM, lstavenhagen wrote:
> I dunno, the K3S audio actually isn't much better to my ears. Yes, it's a
> little better on my K3S compared to my K3, but still kind of shrill and
> fatiguing to listen to for long periods of time.

Do you listen on the internal speaker or on headphones? CW or SSB? Have 
you used RX EQ to shape the tonal balance? How do you set the IF 
bandwidth and centering? If headphones, which type/model? If external 
speaker, which one?

I'm retired from a career in pro audio, including lots of live 
recordings of acoustic jazz. My operating style is to use the speaker 
only for casual monitoring when I'm doing something else in the shack, 
and to help me tune in digital signals. I listen mostly on headphones, 
both Yamaha CM500 and Sony MDR7506. The Sony headphones are widely used 
in recording studios, and the sound of the CM500 is pretty close in 
sound quality. I'm quite satisfied with the sound of my original K3s. I 
don't use any RXEQ at all.

73, Jim K9YC


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