[Elecraft] K3 audio quality

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

I have yet to use any internal SS radio's speaker except for an occasional test or possibly a portable set-up.  
They may as well leave it out as far as I'm concerned.  NONE of them come anywhere close to the sound quality I get from simple outboard speakers.
(Note, this does NOT include the over-priced, cheap speaker in a metal box often sold as a matching "accessory" by the big-three.)
Personally, I find the recovered audio from my K3s, feeding two little computer speakers to be the best of any modern radio I have ever used.
That said, it's hard to beat the audio from an old boatanchor radio with push-pull 6V6's driving a big 12" speaker cabinet.

73, Charlie k3ICH



-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Moore
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 9:16 AM
To: 'Kevin' <kstover at ac0h.net>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 audio quality

In my case the issue was low frequency harmonics in the case/assembly causing the audio to distort. Removing the speaker from the case resulted in very excellent audio from the built in speaker. I re-installed it and use an external speaker now (on the rare occasion I need/want external sound). 
It's largely a non-issue as I was surprised to find I operate most often with headphones so I can hear better.