Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Tondee
Bill, I'm right there with you. To each their own I guess but why people pour money and time into trying to make their TX SSB signal sound like high fidelity audio is a mystery to me. Same with RX audio, while I do want better quality than what you would get with the tiny speaker included in

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Ralph W5JGV
> "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. Yeah, and when you tune to a properly modulated AM station li

[Flexradio] Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 THX Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Don May
Gary / K8BKB: I would recommend the Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 (2 mids and one bass speaker) THX speakers. These are not the latest. I'm not sure if Klipsch even still makes them new, but I have used several sets over the years and in their price range they perform like $300+ equipment. You could pr

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:15 PM, William H. Fite wrote: > 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 anci

Re: [Flexradio] Flex speakers

2012-01-20 Thread N7BCP
Wish you were at my last garage sale. -Larry On 20.01.2012, at 19:32, Frank Allen wrote: > If you have a local dump, or recycling center, or electronics dump, just go > get one of the Bose or similar speaker systems that have come with, or been > sold as accessories to, computers for a number o

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread William H. Fite
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

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Lee Mushel
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 si

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread manualman
I use an old 50 watt stereo amplifier ($5 flea market purchase) and a pair of book shelf 3-way speakers ($2 each yard sale). Each enclosure includes a 12 inch woofer. Adds a new dimension to wall-to-wall short wave listening and ham band operating. Caution, listening to summer static and lightening

[Flexradio] Flex speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Frank Allen
If you have a local dump, or recycling center, or electronics dump, just go get one of the Bose or similar speaker systems that have come with, or been sold as accessories to, computers for a number of years. For some strange reason, folks throw away their old computer AND the speakers AND the mon

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Cox
Also use the T20 series and been very happy with them. No rf problems through the speakers either on any band. I have a cheap pair of Altec Lansing and I really had to filter them to remove RF . Jim K4JAF -Original Message- From: Edwin Marzan Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:33 A

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Paul Delaney - K6HR
Samson Media One 3a's are also nice: http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/studio-monitors/media-one/mediaone 3a/ Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 > -Original Message- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-bounces@flex

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Edwin Marzan
I use these and they sound great and look nice. YMMV Creative GigaWorks T20 Series II 2.0 Multimedia Speaker System with BasXPort Technology About 95 bucks on Amazon. Edwin Marzan AB2VW > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:05:44 -0500 > From: franklin6...@att.net > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz >

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Dan Garrett
Newegg.com has the Bose Companion 2 on sale for $50. They have been recommended here before and they are great on my F3K. 73 de wy0o, _dan garrett ** On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Gary Franklin wrote: > I am sure this has been asked many times but I am new to Fle

[Flexradio] Flex 5000 Speakers

2012-01-20 Thread Gary Franklin
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.b