[R-390] Re: bad audio

[bw]

Cecil,

That does make a difference. Still, the audio isn't that terrible on a 
stock A, imho. It ain't great like the SP-660, but those are two 
different environments. I don't bandcruise a lot, so maybe I'm not 
missing a lot from the SW bcst stations. Speakers or headphones make a 
bigger difference to me than the filters. Maybe it is just impressions, 
but it seems to me that I get more audio 'data' from the tighter filters 
like station ID, what they are saying, etc than I do with wider filters 
and increased band noise and hets. Music is better on the SP, but is 
music that great on HF with any radio?



Barry

>Well the trick, that is documented somewhere out there, is to take your
>audio off the Diode Load point on the rear of the radio.  Feed it through a
>matching circuit and into an external HI-FI amp and quality speaker.(anybody
>remember that)  I understand it sounds very good that way....now mind you it
>probably won't ever sound as good as a radio such as the R-390 or SP-600
>with LC filters, on a big 12" speaker but with the increasingly crowded
>conditions on the bands at times the tighter mechanical filters may make the
>difference between being able to enjoy the signal or not.
>
>There are also some AF deck mods that perk up the audio quality as well.
>Mr. Rippel has info on his page about that.
>
>Cecil...
>  
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