[Icom] Icom 756 Pro II Speaker Options

Sun, 25 Aug 2002 07:32:39 +0200

Dear Jim,

I use two Yaesu SP-8 loudspeakers next to the Mark V (great look!). The same
speakers I use for the ProII with 'INPUT A or B'.  Left speaker = ProII,
right speaker = Mark V. Or: left and right speaker both to the ProII, or
both to the Mark V. This works great and gives terrific audio!

What you mentioned is a good solution too. Buy a SP-21. It looks good next
to your ProII. But replace the loudspeaker with a high quality loudspeaker
(special for voice communications, such as Peiker). And put cotton-wool in
the SP-21. Just fill-up the cabin with cotton-wool. This highly improves the
quality of the SP-21.

Good luck and 73!

Hans.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Shaw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Icom] Icom 756 Pro II Speaker Options

> Ok, my thanks to everyone who responded.  There were a lot of responses
but
> I think I can boil them down to the following:
>
> 1-A Yaesu SP-8 works great
> 2-Radio Shack has some good choices (Minimus, Optimus, Omage, etc.)  Or,
buy
> an RS speaker and 'roll your own' enclosure.  One reply observed that RS
no
> longer has a private label but sells only RCA speakers.
> 3-Heil Headphones are great.
> 4-Get an SP-21 for looks and then replace the actual speaker with a 'top
of
> the line' one.
> 5-SP-21 and SP-20 are both good choices (ignoring price).
> 6-The true quality of the 756PROII sound is best obtained by using an
> outboard HiFi amplifier and related speaker.
>
> I have verified that the local RS now only sells 'RCA' speakers.  They
were
> having a half price sale on their bookshelf model 40-05022.  So, with
> assurances I could return it if not satisfied, I bought it ($19.99) and
will
> be trying it out for the next few days.  So, far, I am quite pleased with
> the improvement.
>
> However, not yet having yet tried the 'outboard HiFi' approach, I suspect
I
> may not be maximizing my enjoyment.  But, for now, I will just have to
live
> with that suspicion!
>
> Thanks to everyone for taking the time to educate me on the options.
>
> 73 de Jim [email protected]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Jim Gerke
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:46 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom 756 Pro II Speaker Options