[Elecraft] K3 audio quality

[Kevin]

I rest my case.

I think if you blindfold someone and tell them their listening to a 
K3(s) they'd come back with the same "it sounds like %$@!" answer even 
if it was another manu's rig they were listening to. It's a self 
sustaining urban legend now.


On 9/16/2016 2:18 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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