K3S audio board for K3 upgrade?

[dhhdeh]

Confused I am.

So....if SSB audio was not an issue on the K3,
then why did Elecraft seek to improve it with the
K3S initially touting it as one of the featured
benefits of their next generation K3?

This SSB audio debate as been an acknowledged
issue for many users for a long time...on this
list and elsewhere. I notice that the December
2015 revision of the K3S FAQ's now state that the
revised DSP board for the existing K3 platform
"may be available later in 2016" which is very
different that was originally indicated in the
FAQ's back last year.

After 7 1/2 years with my K3, using all
combinations of filters, settings, RX EQ settings,
speakers and headphones, last October I finally
found the solution to my K3 RX SSB audio
displeasure. It's called a TS-590SG. And it has
one-touch-button band stacking registers to boot.

No regrets.

YMMV.

N1LQ-Dave




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[Grant Youngman]

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> Confused I am.
>
> So....if SSB audio was not an issue on the K3, then why did Elecraft seek to improve it with the K3S initially touting it as one of the featured benefits of their next generation K3?
>
>

They improved the IMD of the AF amps.  A good thing which doesn't mean it was an "issue" for most to begin with.

Time marches on ...

Grant NQ5T
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[lstavenhagen]

Well... that may solve the audio problems - Kenwoods do sound great - but then you end up with everything else in the rig inferior with that solution hi hi....

But seriously, Eric's suggestion of shifting the passband downward is one that I've used on my K3 in the past to help calm down my beat up ears, and it does work. The result still isn't as nice as my K2, but it helps.

As for the general question of if-it-wasn't-broke-why-was-it-fixed, I'd say that just the normal progression of improving your product. That's what makes Elecraft such a good concern and their products so good; even tho they got to the top of the performance heap, they're still working to make their rigs better. My complaints about the audio notwithstanding, they still did make it better in the K3S regardless.

That's what really differentiates Elecraft from their competitors, IMHO....

73,
LS
W5QD

David and Dianne on Comcast wrote

After 7 1/2 years with my K3, using all
combinations of filters, settings, RX EQ settings,
speakers and headphones, last October I finally
found the solution to my K3 RX SSB audio
displeasure. It's called a TS-590SG.