While I agree that the left-right audio balance feature would be nice to see in a basic K3 etc. as update etc. why not just build an outside box to accomplish that. Therefore it could be used on your legacy rigs as well. I could myself use a bit more in the Left side I think.
I already have such a thing as two blending pots in a box that was originally used in my CD Discman to send audio to my regular stereo amp.. two pots for two signals to balance the sound for the uneven room acoustics (some High End amps - British, you say - don't have a Balance control and I believe was the intent).
Over the winter I built an external audio CW filter that does WONDERS for older rigs (not Elecraft... of course) .. makes them a lot better. I just tried it out on a HW-8 this morning and it totally changes the aspects of the rig. Makes my Drake TR-7 usable.. the old Drake CW filters either were not good to be begin with (in comparison to....) or have aged to ringy/hollow sound. Who knows.. but the external CW audio filter (HiPerMite) is a game changer. This makes for a better situation and I did not have to go into the inner guts or workings of any rigs to achieve the 'update'.
So perhaps Wayne and Eric don't have to do all the work... sometimes we can change things for the better by implementing a little of our own soldering and building skills.
Now onto the New England SCAF that is almost finished and ready to test out in a cage match... HI.
Humbly submitted.
Brien VE3VAW
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