[Elecraft] K3S audio board for K3 upgrade?

[Kevin Stover]

Exactly!

I remember the trail of audio tears well.
The difference back then being they had never heard a receiver as good 
as the K3 and all it was picking up compared to their Yaecomwood. 
Couldn't possibly be their favorite old radio had been feeding them the 
RF equivalent of mush and passing it off as "great audio"?

On 3/21/2016 2:20 PM, Doug Turnbull wrote:
> Friends,
>       Perhaps it is because I largely operate CW but for me the original K3
> audio is just lovely.    I am 71, my hearing is not so great but I use the
> lowest pitch possible around 360 Hz and have RX EQ set for good performance
> at low frequencies.   It is just a sweet sound to me and so restful.   Maybe
> if I was a phone man the story would be different though I do monitor SSB
> and work it for rare DX and it also sounds good.
>
>       Could it be that the great flexibility in setting up the audio results
> in some people being put off as they have not found the sweet spot for their
> ears.    I seem to remember a few years ago many people had troubles with
> the FT2000 because it was complex to set up.   There were also people who
> did not like the Orion II again because setting the radio up initially was
> problematic for them.
>
>


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R. Kevin Stover
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