stereo channel output balance

[todd ruby-2]

Is there any way to control the balance on the output coming from the spkr output jack on the back panel? I have a pair of KLM mini monitors but one side sounds louder that the other. When I swap speaker wires the other channel gets louder so I am hoping there is a way to even the stereo balance if there is one.

thanks in advance

73
Todd
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[Matt Zilmer-3]

Your subject didn't indicate whether you're using the K3 or the KX3.

If it's the K3:

If you're using the sub-receiver, you can set CONFIG:SUB AF to
BALANCE.  This allows you to vary the level to each speaker easily.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:37:54 -0400, you wrote:

>Is there any way to control the balance on the output coming from the spkr output jack on the back panel? I have a pair of KLM mini monitors but one side sounds louder that the other. When I swap speaker wires the other channel gets louder so I am hoping there is a way to even the stereo balance if there is one.
>
>thanks in advance
>
>73
>Todd
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[Vic Rosenthal]

As you suggest, this only works if you are listening to main and
subreceiver audio in separate channels. It does not provide a balance
function when the speakers are both connected to the same receiver.

This is something I've asked for in the past and may even be on
Elecraft's list. The sub AF control is presently not used at all when
the subreceiver is off, so there is no user-interface reason why it
couldn't be a balance control then.

I would suggest that it become a balance control regardless of whether
the sub is on or off whenever the CONFIG:SUB AF was set to BALANCE. This
would make the functionality more consistent.


On 3/21/2014 3:52 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote:

> Your subject didn't indicate whether you're using the K3 or the KX3.
>
> If it's the K3:
>
> If you're using the sub-receiver, you can set CONFIG:SUB AF to
> BALANCE.  This allows you to vary the level to each speaker easily.
>
> 73, matt W6NIA
>
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:37:54 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to control the balance on the output coming from
>> the spkr output jack on the back panel? I have a pair of KLM mini
>> monitors but one side sounds louder that the other. When I swap
>> speaker wires the other channel gets louder so I am hoping there is
>> a way to even the stereo balance if there is one.
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> 73 Todd WB2ZAB
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[Mike K2MK]

Hi Todd,

There is not. I always use headphones and one of my ears needs a slight additional boost. I elected to purchase an external headphone amplifier with individual gain and balance controls. I suppose something similar can be done for speakers.

73,
Mike K2MK

todd ruby-2 wrote

Is there any way to control the balance on the output coming from the spkr output jack on the back panel? I have a pair of KLM mini monitors but one side sounds louder that the other. When I swap speaker wires the other channel gets louder so I am hoping there is a way to even the stereo balance if there is one.

thanks in advance

73
Todd
WB2ZAB

[Gary Hinson]

I've had a distinct channel imbalance problem developing slowly, I suspect,
for about a year or more on my K3.  I discovered very recently that it is
being caused, or substantially worsened at least, by the AFX audio effects
function.  I am almost entirely using CW through headphones, listening to
just the main receiver with the subRX off about 50% of the time and the rest
listening to pileups.  With the AFX on, there is a marked bias towards my
left ear.  With AFX off, the audio is more or less central.  I've messed
around with the AFX delay setting but it doesn't seem to make much
difference: at all settings, the marked left bias exists.  I haven't put it
on a scope or soundcard meter yet.

[I occasionally have another audio problem with what sounds like a high tone
intermod product caused by over-driving something in the audio chain.  If
so, it seems to be ahead of the volume knob since that makes no difference.
The problem is intermittent - lasts for a week or two then goes away for
months, and is annoying but not bad enough to ruin the receiver.  I don't
know if it is related.]

Any ideas what's going on?

73
Gary  ZL2iFB

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Is there any way to control the balance on the output coming from the spkr
output jack on the back panel? I have a pair of KLM mini monitors but one
side sounds louder that the other. When I swap speaker wires the other
channel gets louder so I am hoping there is a way to even the stereo balance
if there is one.

thanks in advance

73
Todd
WB2ZAB
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Gary,

I don't know what is going on, but I suggest you turn the headphones
backwards as a test to see if the imbalance might be in the heardphones
or in your ears.  If it switches sides with the headphones backwards,
the problem is external to the K3.

As far as the 'high tone' is concerned, I don't have any clue about that.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/25/2014 2:07 AM, Gary Hinson wrote:

> I've had a distinct channel imbalance problem developing slowly, I suspect,
> for about a year or more on my K3.  I discovered very recently that it is
> being caused, or substantially worsened at least, by the AFX audio effects
> function.  I am almost entirely using CW through headphones, listening to
> just the main receiver with the subRX off about 50% of the time and the rest
> listening to pileups.  With the AFX on, there is a marked bias towards my
> left ear.  With AFX off, the audio is more or less central.  I've messed
> around with the AFX delay setting but it doesn't seem to make much
> difference: at all settings, the marked left bias exists.  I haven't put it
> on a scope or soundcard meter yet.
>
> [I occasionally have another audio problem with what sounds like a high tone
> intermod product caused by over-driving something in the audio chain.  If
> so, it seems to be ahead of the volume knob since that makes no difference.
> The problem is intermittent - lasts for a week or two then goes away for
> months, and is annoying but not bad enough to ruin the receiver.  I don't
> know if it is related.]
>
>

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