I'm not one to get all wadded up about communications sound because...well...face it, it is communications audio. To me, fretting endlessly about the quality of one's sound, buying add-on equalizers, tweaking and tweaking, is an exercise in wasted motion. To me.
I put my effort and my money into the sound system in my listening room. I'd much rather invest in fine speakers and superb audio electronics to listen to Alan Gilbert's new recording of the Mahler 9th than to pour money into a ham system so that I can listen to someone wax rhapsodical about their prostatectomy, or declaim against Obama's socialism (*pace, *Lee), or drone, "CQ contest...CQ contest...CQ contest..." Misplaced priorities, so far as I can see. I had a pair of the Bose Companion 2s until I could no longer stand the boomy midbass and peaky treble that Bose has taught so many people to think of as good sound. I dug around and came up with a little 40wpc stereo amp and an ancient pair of KEF 103s. The difference was beyond remarkable. Even for communications audio. Just my opinion and perhaps worth just what you paid for it. Bill On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Lee Mushel <herbe...@centurytel.net> wrote: > Indeed, Gary, this is one of the most popular questions on Flex > reflectors. I would like to give you a "general" answer based, as always, > on my own personal experiences. In the early '50s one of the electronics > magazines published an article on a speaker system the author called "the > sweet sixteen." It used sixteen four inch general replacement speakers of > the type found at that time in table model radios. As a 14 year old newly > interested in "high fidelity" I built one and while at the time I thought > it was wonderful of course the theory behind it is questionable and the > results quite horrible. > > But to answer your question, I don't know why more people don't simply go > into their store of retired music reproduction systems and attach to their > radios. I did that with my Hammarlund HQ-180 long ago and not so long ago > took a SONY ES "receiver" and today "Video 1" is the Flex 3000 and "Video > 2" is the Flex 5000A. I even built a "take off" of the sweet 16 and built > a "sweet 8" using far better drivers! My point is that nearly any stereo > components that can be assembled to function as a sound system will be > overkill as far as "speakers" suitable for communications receiver use is > concerned. > > Anything more really just an interesting facet of our ham radio hobby. > Anything that interests and satisfies you is certainly OK. > > 73 > > Lee K9WRU > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Franklin" <franklin6...@att.net> > To: "Flex Radio" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:05 AM > > Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers > > > I am sure this has been asked many times but I am new to Flex Radio..... >> Can anyone recommend a set of good speakers I can use on my Flex 5000? >> >> Thanks >> Gary , K8BKB >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.biz<http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz> >> Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/<http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/> >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flexradio.com/ >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexradio_**flex-radio.biz<http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/**flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/<http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/> > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
