[Elecraft] K3 audio quality

[Walter Underwood]

It would still be nice to see some examples.

A while back, a bunch of people posted their TX EQ settings. Some were outliers, but a few were very similar. It was clear that about a third of those posted had come to pretty much the same settings.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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> On Sep 16, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Mark E. Musick <markmusick at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Remember RX EQ settings are by mode. One for CW and one for SSB.
> Also, has already been mentioned, the settings that suit your taste for
> audio quality may not suit anyone else.
> 
> Mark, WB9CIF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 9:15 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 audio quality
> 
> Would you be kind enough to post your EQ values?
> 
> Rich
> 
> K3RWN
> 
> 
> On 9/16/2016 15:18 PM, Greg wrote:
>> When I first got my K3, I was used to a FT1000D and had the SP5 
>> speaker to go with it.  A friend who also has a FT1000D told me he 
>> thought the K3 sounded like "$#@%" compared to the FT1000D...so I 
>> hooked the K3 up to the second input on the SP5 and switched back and 
>> forth between the FT1000D and the K3, making equalizer adjustments to 
>> the K3 as I did so.  Finally I felt I had the K3 sounding like a 
>> FT-1000D.  My friend came over and I made him turn around so he could 
>> not see which radio he was listening to...At that point when I 
>> switched from one radio to the other, he could not tell which was 
>> which.  Of course he grumbled that you shouldn't have to make changes 
>> to a new radio to get it to sound good...but I just laughed...  The 
>> beauty of the K3 is having the ability to do what you want, and 
>> adjusting the sound to personal taste is only one feature!  73, 
>> Greg-N4CC
>> 
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