My ears tell me the second kenwood 870 sounded better ! John kb2huk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
To: "Ten Tec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: [TenTec] AM Receiver distortion in Orion II
> One of the items on my "wish list" for the Orion II is to fix the AM
> receive audio, which sounds to me like a problem in the DSP code that
> causes distortion and 'muddy' sound. It's most noticeable during
> selective fades that cause a serious clipping effect. Last night, I made
> an MP3 of a local AM radio station comparing the O2 to a TS-870, and sent
> it to TT service. This morning, TT said they couldn't hear any difference
> between the two receivers. Is it my ears or what? The link to the clip
> is below. The O2 is the first 60 seconds and the 870 is the second 60
> seconds. Bandwidth on the O2 is 6 kHz, while the 870 is 3 kHz, although
> as you'll hear, it sounds just the opposite!
>
> http://n6ie.com/OrionII_vs_870.mp3
>
> Can anyone besides me hear the difference?
>
> Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
> (Formerly N6AHA)
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