Question about types of speakers for shortwave.
I've been thinking about removing some speakers stacks I use. One I used for
the 140X and the other for the 129X, at first I really liked the sound. But since I picked up a pair of some discontinued Radio Shack Amplified Speakers (cat#40-1361) last summer at a garage sale for like ten dollars, I've kind of been thinking about asking the group it's opinion and what it is they use or what would they do if they were me? **No smart a** comments** ;-) Those amplified ones are hooked to the DX394, actually I stopped listening to that piece becasue of the sound, I tried my stacks that are hooked to my Hammarlunds, but that didn't do it. Tried other combos and that stock speaker absolutely is a crime that they even put it in there, really. But these amplified ones take four c batteries and are 'extremely' heavy for two speakers, I couldn't believe it, I felt like I stole them from that woman. But it has made the 394 "come back to life." :-) But between those and switching speakers on my scanner (BC9000XLT).....I used to use the stock but it sucks plus the way I have it configured I had to use an extension speaker. I went with the Rat Shack external speaker, I figured it was good enough. But the other day I was cleaning out the closet in the radio room ( I highly recommend it to everyone) I found stuff I forgot I even had and actually some things that I don't remember where or who I got them from. But I came up on a pair of *Aiwa* speakers that were used 'stock' ---pretty sure in an Ford Taurus. I did a little cutting and soldering and baddabing, I now have that one speaker hooked to the 9000 and WOW what a difference. On the back of the speaker it says 40w with an 8 impedance. But I'm gonna keep that setup. Should I use the other one for one of my Hammarlunds? I KNOW there is more than enough in one of those HQ's to drive one of those Aiwas, or would it sound like sh*t? I just think that the speaker/speakers I have now run into the Hammarlunds are too much and not really getting to *drive* them to their full potential. I'm no audiophile, and I know there is a few in here so I bow to the *sound Gods* on this one. Like on Steve's setup with his Drake, I saw his modest speaker. What about you Brian? You have some boatanchors like I do. Shouldn't I go smaller and get the most out of the speaker or a lot of speaker without it reaching it's potential. **Sorry for the longer than usual post, looking forward to many replies. Thanks, DX |
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My old Sony boombox died, but the speakers were fine, so I kept them. Using
an audio switch box, I can switch between the receiver, the television, the vcr or the dvd as sound sources, so I can use the speakers for my dx394, and it works very well. I had to set things up such that the dx394 could use the speakers without using the component stereo system I have. With the component system running, the receiver gets wiped out with RF, so I don't use the amp with the receiver. It lacks bass, but it sound infinitely better than what is provided in the receiver itself. The Sony speakers are about 3 inches diameter, so they do provide excellent sound quality, but it is better than the receiver alone. Boom boxes I have looked at lack an auxilliary input to allow you to use the amplifier, so if I were to upgrade, I'd have to spend some money for a real stereo. "Howard" wrote in message ... On 18 Jan 2004 18:43:37 GMT, (Dxluver) wrote: I've been thinking about removing some speakers stacks I use. One I used for the 140X and the other for the 129X, at first I really liked the sound. But since I picked up a pair of some discontinued Radio Shack Amplified Speakers (cat#40-1361) last summer at a garage sale for like ten dollars, I've kind of been thinking about asking the group it's opinion and what it is they use or what would they do if they were me? **No smart a** comments** ;-) snip Should I use the other one for one of my Hammarlunds? I KNOW there is more than enough in one of those HQ's to drive one of those Aiwas, or would it sound like sh*t? I just think that the speaker/speakers I have now run into the Hammarlunds are too much and not really getting to *drive* them to their full potential. I'm no audiophile, and I know there is a few in here so I bow to the *sound Gods* on this one. Like on Steve's setup with his Drake, I saw his modest speaker. What about you Brian? You have some boatanchors like I do. Shouldn't I go smaller and get the most out of the speaker or a lot of speaker without it reaching it's potential. **Sorry for the longer than usual post, looking forward to many replies. Thanks, DX DX, While not a boatanchor owner I will share what I found when needing an external speaker for an R75 (yes, with an R75 an external speaker is a MUST). Tried a 4" RatShack widerange speaker (Optimus XTS 3, 7 watt max) and it was okay; definitely enough powerr to drive and it gave sufficient volume & clarity, mostly mid-range with moderately more bass response than treble. Then for kicks hooked to a KLH 911 (5 inch woofer, 1 inch tweeter, 100 watt max) and WOW! Yes, the speaker is capable of handling much more power than the R75 offers but there was sufficient power to drive it without having to crank up the audio. The sound clarity was greatly improved and unless the bands are really noisy most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Do keep in mind that the answer to this will vary depending on the speaker; some just plain like to "suck watts" in order to get their cones moving. To answer your question, should you use what you put together with your other HQ's, my best advise is to hook one up and judge the sound quality yourself. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. I like to keep my volume settings no higher than about a third of the maximum so the amplifiers are running "where they are happier" as there tends to be less distortion. Hope this helps, and I too am looking forward to what others have found. Howard |
You're on the right track. The advent of computer users having better
multimedia sound cards has caused manufacturers to market some great-sounding compact self-amplified speakers. And the great news is that these speakers work extremely well with even portable radios, and are available at prices significantly lower than you would have expected to pay even a couple of years ago. Creative Labs has teamed with Cambridge Soundworks to make some models, and the collaboration has resulted in several excellent setups for listening to shortwave radio. I've seen the 3-piece set at Wal-Mart for less than $35.00. Trust me -- you WANT a subwoofer -- your radio is producing signals that simply cannot be adequately reproduced by most table-top speakers, even in MW and SW. You'll hear depth, clarity, and ambient studio characteristics you would not be able to discern otherwise. Also, IMHO, you would have to buy a Bose Acoustic Wave to rival the sound on my ATS-909 in FM stereo using these speakers. It really sounds that good. Another plus is that they're easily switched between radios. Plug them in to your headphone jack and you're set to go (may need to get a std. to stereo mini-plug adapter for some desktops). For more permanent installations, you may want to build a simple switch to choose between radios. Happy listening! -- Stinger "Dxluver" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about removing some speakers stacks I use. One I used for the 140X and the other for the 129X, at first I really liked the sound. But since I picked up a pair of some discontinued Radio Shack Amplified Speakers (cat#40-1361) last summer at a garage sale for like ten dollars, I've kind of been thinking about asking the group it's opinion and what it is they use or what would they do if they were me? **No smart a** comments** ;-) Those amplified ones are hooked to the DX394, actually I stopped listening to that piece becasue of the sound, I tried my stacks that are hooked to my Hammarlunds, but that didn't do it. Tried other combos and that stock speaker absolutely is a crime that they even put it in there, really. But these amplified ones take four c batteries and are 'extremely' heavy for two speakers, I couldn't believe it, I felt like I stole them from that woman. But it has made the 394 "come back to life." :-) But between those and switching speakers on my scanner (BC9000XLT).....I used to use the stock but it sucks plus the way I have it configured I had to use an extension speaker. I went with the Rat Shack external speaker, I figured it was good enough. But the other day I was cleaning out the closet in the radio room ( I highly recommend it to everyone) I found stuff I forgot I even had and actually some things that I don't remember where or who I got them from. But I came up on a pair of *Aiwa* speakers that were used 'stock' ---pretty sure in an Ford Taurus. I did a little cutting and soldering and baddabing, I now have that one speaker hooked to the 9000 and WOW what a difference. On the back of the speaker it says 40w with an 8 impedance. But I'm gonna keep that setup. Should I use the other one for one of my Hammarlunds? I KNOW there is more than enough in one of those HQ's to drive one of those Aiwas, or would it sound like sh*t? I just think that the speaker/speakers I have now run into the Hammarlunds are too much and not really getting to *drive* them to their full potential. I'm no audiophile, and I know there is a few in here so I bow to the *sound Gods* on this one. Like on Steve's setup with his Drake, I saw his modest speaker. What about you Brian? You have some boatanchors like I do. Shouldn't I go smaller and get the most out of the speaker or a lot of speaker without it reaching it's potential. **Sorry for the longer than usual post, looking forward to many replies. Thanks, DX |
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:11:48 -0600, "Stinger" wrote: You're on the right track. The advent of computer users having better multimedia sound cards has caused manufacturers to market some great-sounding compact self-amplified speakers. And the great news is that these speakers work extremely well with even portable radios, and are available at prices significantly lower than you would have expected to pay even a couple of years ago. Creative Labs has teamed with Cambridge Soundworks to make some models, and the collaboration has resulted in several excellent setups for listening to shortwave radio. I've seen the 3-piece set at Wal-Mart for less than $35.00. Trust me -- you WANT a subwoofer -- your radio is producing signals that simply cannot be adequately reproduced by most table-top speakers, even in MW and SW. You'll hear depth, clarity, and ambient studio characteristics you would not be able to discern otherwise. Also, IMHO, you would have to buy a Bose Acoustic Wave to rival the sound on my ATS-909 in FM stereo using these speakers. It really sounds that good. Another plus is that they're easily switched between radios. Plug them in to your headphone jack and you're set to go (may need to get a std. to stereo mini-plug adapter for some desktops). For more permanent installations, you may want to build a simple switch to choose between radios. Happy listening! -- Stinger "Dxluver" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about removing some speakers stacks I use. One I used for the 140X and the other for the 129X, at first I really liked the sound. But since I picked up a pair of some discontinued Radio Shack Amplified Speakers (cat#40-1361) last summer at a garage sale for like ten dollars, I've kind of been thinking about asking the group it's opinion and what it is they use or what would they do if they were me? **No smart a** comments** ;-) Those amplified ones are hooked to the DX394, actually I stopped listening to that piece becasue of the sound, I tried my stacks that are hooked to my Hammarlunds, but that didn't do it. Tried other combos and that stock speaker absolutely is a crime that they even put it in there, really. But these amplified ones take four c batteries and are 'extremely' heavy for two speakers, I couldn't believe it, I felt like I stole them from that woman. But it has made the 394 "come back to life." :-) But between those and switching speakers on my scanner (BC9000XLT).....I used to use the stock but it sucks plus the way I have it configured I had to use an extension speaker. I went with the Rat Shack external speaker, I figured it was good enough. But the other day I was cleaning out the closet in the radio room ( I highly recommend it to everyone) I found stuff I forgot I even had and actually some things that I don't remember where or who I got them from. But I came up on a pair of *Aiwa* speakers that were used 'stock' ---pretty sure in an Ford Taurus. I did a little cutting and soldering and baddabing, I now have that one speaker hooked to the 9000 and WOW what a difference. On the back of the speaker it says 40w with an 8 impedance. But I'm gonna keep that setup. Should I use the other one for one of my Hammarlunds? I KNOW there is more than enough in one of those HQ's to drive one of those Aiwas, or would it sound like sh*t? I just think that the speaker/speakers I have now run into the Hammarlunds are too much and not really getting to *drive* them to their full potential. I'm no audiophile, and I know there is a few in here so I bow to the *sound Gods* on this one. Like on Steve's setup with his Drake, I saw his modest speaker. What about you Brian? You have some boatanchors like I do. Shouldn't I go smaller and get the most out of the speaker or a lot of speaker without it reaching it's potential. **Sorry for the longer than usual post, looking forward to many replies. Thanks, DX |
Howard wrote:
DX, While not a boatanchor owner I will share what I found when needing an external speaker for an R75 (yes, with an R75 an external speaker is a MUST). Tried a 4" RatShack widerange speaker (Optimus XTS 3, 7 watt max) and it was okay; definitely enough powerr to drive and it gave sufficient volume & clarity, mostly mid-range with moderately more bass response than treble. Then for kicks hooked to a KLH 911 (5 inch woofer, 1 inch tweeter, 100 watt max) and WOW! Yes, the speaker is capable of handling much more power than the R75 offers but there was sufficient power to drive it without having to crank up the audio. The sound clarity was greatly improved and unless the bands are really noisy most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Do keep in mind that the answer to this will vary depending on the speaker; some just plain like to "suck watts" in order to get their cones moving. Has anyone found a good replacement speaker for the OEM one in the R75? What size is the original one? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Howard wrote: Has anyone found a good replacement speaker for the OEM one in the R75? What size is the original one? I use the RCA 40-5000, that rectangular "black box" with the black steel-mesh grille that Radio Shack has sold forever under one name or another. Works fine. Think I paid $19.00 for it. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to
shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Yeah, I've had my folks and a friend mention that they couldn't believe that was the V.O.T........coming in crystal clear through those amplifieds. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. Sure- sure- I know what you mean. While the 129X is down, I'll do that with the 140X. The the things with the Hammars is that I KNOW there is more than enough to drive one of these Aiwa speakers, no problem. Hopefully it sounds sweet. Thanks Howard:-) |
I use the RCA 40-5000, that rectangular "black box" with the black
steel-mesh grille that Radio Shack has sold forever under one name or another. Works fine. Think I paid $19.00 for it. Oh really? Sounds like that one link I saw that selld these shortwave/scanner/cb speakers.......they're pretty nice. I guess you don't need BIG for good sound. :-) |
I use the RCA 40-5000, that rectangular "black box" with the black
steel-mesh grille that Radio Shack has sold forever under one name or another Tony, Is that the cat#? |
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:07:32 -0600, Dxluver wrote
(in message ): most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Yeah, I've had my folks and a friend mention that they couldn't believe that was the V.O.T........coming in crystal clear through those amplifieds. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. Sure- sure- I know what you mean. While the 129X is down, I'll do that with the 140X. The the things with the Hammars is that I KNOW there is more than enough to drive one of these Aiwa speakers, no problem. Hopefully it sounds sweet. Thanks Howard:-) -------------------------------------------------------- I grabbed a close-out (thirty dollars) on the 40-4094 "Wall-Mount Speaker". The part# is wrong but this appears to be the catalog entry on this speaker "set". http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...oduct%5Fid=40- 4099 It sounds /very/ good and I'm driving it with a DX-398 (!!) and a CCradio+. I'm even thinking of trying to find another so I can listen to NPR in stereo [dux]. Gray Shockley ----------------------- DX-392 DX-398 RX-320 DX-399 CCradio+ w/RS Loop Justice AM Antenna Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz) Select-A-Tenna ----------------------- Vicksburg, MS US |
I've been using those same speakers for "surround" on the home theater for
six years. They are solid performers, with frequency response and power ratings greater than needed for rear channels. In other words....perfect! -- Stinger "Gray Shockley" wrote in message .com... On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:07:32 -0600, Dxluver wrote (in message ): most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Yeah, I've had my folks and a friend mention that they couldn't believe that was the V.O.T........coming in crystal clear through those amplifieds. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. Sure- sure- I know what you mean. While the 129X is down, I'll do that with the 140X. The the things with the Hammars is that I KNOW there is more than enough to drive one of these Aiwa speakers, no problem. Hopefully it sounds sweet. Thanks Howard:-) -------------------------------------------------------- I grabbed a close-out (thirty dollars) on the 40-4094 "Wall-Mount Speaker". The part# is wrong but this appears to be the catalog entry on this speaker "set". http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...oduct%5Fid=40- 4099 It sounds /very/ good and I'm driving it with a DX-398 (!!) and a CCradio+. I'm even thinking of trying to find another so I can listen to NPR in stereo [dux]. Gray Shockley ----------------------- DX-392 DX-398 RX-320 DX-399 CCradio+ w/RS Loop Justice AM Antenna Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz) Select-A-Tenna ----------------------- Vicksburg, MS US |
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:25:09 -0600, Stinger wrote
(in message ): I've been using those same speakers for "surround" on the home theater for six years. They are solid performers, with frequency response and power ratings greater than needed for rear channels. In other words....perfect! -- Stinger Sure is very nice. I called my favorite RadioShack "associate" last night and asked her to find another one for me. Now I've got to find a place that'll make the enclosures - in new apartment don't have any access to any tools at all - (our son+wife on the chicken farm down in Brookhaven are getting a great deal from our "have to get rid of"). Gray Shockley -------------------------------------------------------- However, I may have to, pretty much, give up on shortwave - no access to the outside from here (old hotel from the 1930s and the windows don't open) Durn!! "Gray Shockley" wrote in message .com... On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:07:32 -0600, Dxluver wrote (in message ): most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Yeah, I've had my folks and a friend mention that they couldn't believe that was the V.O.T........coming in crystal clear through those amplifieds. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. Sure- sure- I know what you mean. While the 129X is down, I'll do that with the 140X. The the things with the Hammars is that I KNOW there is more than enough to drive one of these Aiwa speakers, no problem. Hopefully it sounds sweet. Thanks Howard:-) -------------------------------------------------------- I grabbed a close-out (thirty dollars) on the 40-4094 "Wall-Mount Speaker". The part# is wrong but this appears to be the catalog entry on this speaker "set". http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...oduct%5Fid=40- 4099 It sounds /very/ good and I'm driving it with a DX-398 (!!) and a CCradio+. I'm even thinking of trying to find another so I can listen to NPR in stereo [dux]. Gray Shockley ----------------------- DX-392 DX-398 RX-320 DX-399 CCradio+ w/RS Loop Justice AM Antenna Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz) Select-A-Tenna ----------------------- Vicksburg, MS US |
STARMAN,
"Has anyone found a good replacement speaker for the OEM one in the R75? What size is the original one?" NOTE: The Icom IC-R75's 'exterior' Speaker Grill is very small and ONLY Measures 1.75" Wide by 2.25" High. My "Guess-A-Mate" is the Speaker is basic 1.5" Round. ! ! ! SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG ! ! ! Well, NOT a Replacement 'internal' Speaker but here is a List of the 'better' low cost External Speakers. READ Message #4360 in the "Icom IC-R75" eGroup on YAHOO ! SPEAKERS: External Speakers for the ICOM IC-R75 GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr75/message/4360 Most Often Recommended External Speakers for the Icom IC-R75. That were Suggested as working well with the Icom IC-R75 by the Members of the YAHOO eGroup. hth ~ RHF .. .. = = = starman = = = wrote in message ... Howard wrote: DX, While not a boatanchor owner I will share what I found when needing an external speaker for an R75 (yes, with an R75 an external speaker is a MUST). Tried a 4" RatShack widerange speaker (Optimus XTS 3, 7 watt max) and it was okay; definitely enough powerr to drive and it gave sufficient volume & clarity, mostly mid-range with moderately more bass response than treble. Then for kicks hooked to a KLH 911 (5 inch woofer, 1 inch tweeter, 100 watt max) and WOW! Yes, the speaker is capable of handling much more power than the R75 offers but there was sufficient power to drive it without having to crank up the audio. The sound clarity was greatly improved and unless the bands are really noisy most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Do keep in mind that the answer to this will vary depending on the speaker; some just plain like to "suck watts" in order to get their cones moving. Has anyone found a good replacement speaker for the OEM one in the R75? What size is the original one? .. |
NOTE: The Icom IC-R75's 'exterior' Speaker Grill is
very small and ONLY Measures 1.75" Wide by 2.25" High. READ Message #4360 in the "Icom IC-R75" eGroup on YAHOO ! I would be tempted to modify the R75 speaker grill and install a better internal speaker. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
RHF wrote: STARMAN, "Has anyone found a good replacement speaker for the OEM one in the R75? What size is the original one?" NOTE: The Icom IC-R75's 'exterior' Speaker Grill is very small and ONLY Measures 1.75" Wide by 2.25" High. My "Guess-A-Mate" is the Speaker is basic 1.5" Round. ! ! ! SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG ! ! ! Well, NOT a Replacement 'internal' Speaker but here is a List of the 'better' low cost External Speakers. READ Message #4360 in the "Icom IC-R75" eGroup on YAHOO ! SPEAKERS: External Speakers for the ICOM IC-R75 GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr75/message/4360 Most Often Recommended External Speakers for the Icom IC-R75. That were Suggested as working well with the Icom IC-R75 by the Members of the YAHOO eGroup. hth ~ RHF The first one on their list is the one I use. Inexpensive, well-made, effective. And as they point out, it looks like it came with the Icom - a perfect match. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
STARMAN,
NP2 = Not Practical -and/or- Not Possible Due to the Icom IC-R75's Layout and Construction the (built-in) Internal 1.5" Speaker: Is What It Is [.] FWIW: A Modification that 'added' an Internal Speaker under the Top Cover may be possible and practical. But, the 'better' "Option" with the Icom IC-R75 is simply using an External Speaker that's style and color matches the appearance of the Icom IC-R75. jm2cw ~ RHF .. .. = = = starman = = = wrote in message ... NOTE: The Icom IC-R75's 'exterior' Speaker Grill is very small and ONLY Measures 1.75" Wide by 2.25" High. READ Message #4360 in the "Icom IC-R75" eGroup on YAHOO ! I would be tempted to modify the R75 speaker grill and install a better internal speaker. .. |
DX Luver,
"Hopefully it sounds sweet." Promoted on the eHAM.Com WebSite GoTo= http://www.eham.net/ "The 'SOUNDS SWEET' Communications speakers maximize intelligibility from your transceiver, receiver or portable by reproducing only the communications voice and shortwave music frequencies coming from your SSB, AM or FM communication or shortwave radio." GoTo= http://www.soundssweet.com/ The Sounds Sweet ia a 'little' "Pricey" at $99 +S&H. I currently use on with my Kenwood R-5000 GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenwood-r5000/ Oh It... sounds sweet, Sounds Sweet. SOUNDS SWEET ! jm2cw ~ RHF .. .. = = = (Dxluver) = = = wrote in message ... most folks who hear it don't realize they're listening to shortwave - "Naah, it sounds to good to come from far away" 8-} Yeah, I've had my folks and a friend mention that they couldn't believe that was the V.O.T........coming in crystal clear through those amplifieds. Not trying to be flippant, but your ears know what sounds good to them and you'll know by where you have to set your volume if you're have enough power to drive it. Sure- sure- I know what you mean. While the 129X is down, I'll do that with the 140X. The the things with the Hammars is that I KNOW there is more than enough to drive one of these Aiwa speakers, no problem. Hopefully it sounds sweet. Thanks Howard:-) .. |
I've done many mod's on HF receivers that weren't "practical". Most
owners wouldn't have bothered but I enjoy making a receiver better. RHF wrote: STARMAN, NP2 = Not Practical -and/or- Not Possible Due to the Icom IC-R75's Layout and Construction the (built-in) Internal 1.5" Speaker: Is What It Is [.] FWIW: A Modification that 'added' an Internal Speaker under the Top Cover may be possible and practical. But, the 'better' "Option" with the Icom IC-R75 is simply using an External Speaker that's style and color matches the appearance of the Icom IC-R75. jm2cw ~ RHF . . = = = starman = = = wrote in message ... NOTE: The Icom IC-R75's 'exterior' Speaker Grill is very small and ONLY Measures 1.75" Wide by 2.25" High. READ Message #4360 in the "Icom IC-R75" eGroup on YAHOO ! I would be tempted to modify the R75 speaker grill and install a better internal speaker. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
"Stinger" wrote in message ...
You're on the right track. The advent of computer users having better multimedia sound cards has caused manufacturers to market some great-sounding compact self-amplified speakers. And the great news is that these speakers work extremely well with even portable radios, and are available at prices significantly lower than you would have expected to pay even a couple of years ago. I run my R-75 through Cambridge Soundworks' Henry Kloss designed Model 88 table radio. It has a subwoofer and three sound modes, "Stereo", "Wide", and "Mono", each of which provides a different listening quality to SW signals. This set-up is a vast improvement over Icom's stock speaker. The Model 88 is a superb receiver for fringe FM reception to boot, but is less than mediocre for AM broadcast band reception. Regards, Grumpus Creative Labs has teamed with Cambridge Soundworks to make some models, and the collaboration has resulted in several excellent setups for listening to shortwave radio. I've seen the 3-piece set at Wal-Mart for less than $35.00. Trust me -- you WANT a subwoofer -- your radio is producing signals that simply cannot be adequately reproduced by most table-top speakers, even in MW and SW. You'll hear depth, clarity, and ambient studio characteristics you would not be able to discern otherwise. Also, IMHO, you would have to buy a Bose Acoustic Wave to rival the sound on my ATS-909 in FM stereo using these speakers. It really sounds that good. Another plus is that they're easily switched between radios. Plug them in to your headphone jack and you're set to go (may need to get a std. to stereo mini-plug adapter for some desktops). For more permanent installations, you may want to build a simple switch to choose between radios. Happy listening! -- Stinger "Dxluver" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about removing some speakers stacks I use. One I used for the 140X and the other for the 129X, at first I really liked the sound. But since I picked up a pair of some discontinued Radio Shack Amplified Speakers (cat#40-1361) last summer at a garage sale for like ten dollars, I've kind of been thinking about asking the group it's opinion and what it is they use or what would they do if they were me? **No smart a** comments** ;-) Those amplified ones are hooked to the DX394, actually I stopped listening to that piece becasue of the sound, I tried my stacks that are hooked to my Hammarlunds, but that didn't do it. Tried other combos and that stock speaker absolutely is a crime that they even put it in there, really. But these amplified ones take four c batteries and are 'extremely' heavy for two speakers, I couldn't believe it, I felt like I stole them from that woman. But it has made the 394 "come back to life." :-) But between those and switching speakers on my scanner (BC9000XLT).....I used to use the stock but it sucks plus the way I have it configured I had to use an extension speaker. I went with the Rat Shack external speaker, I figured it was good enough. But the other day I was cleaning out the closet in the radio room ( I highly recommend it to everyone) I found stuff I forgot I even had and actually some things that I don't remember where or who I got them from. But I came up on a pair of *Aiwa* speakers that were used 'stock' ---pretty sure in an Ford Taurus. I did a little cutting and soldering and baddabing, I now have that one speaker hooked to the 9000 and WOW what a difference. On the back of the speaker it says 40w with an 8 impedance. But I'm gonna keep that setup. Should I use the other one for one of my Hammarlunds? I KNOW there is more than enough in one of those HQ's to drive one of those Aiwas, or would it sound like sh*t? I just think that the speaker/speakers I have now run into the Hammarlunds are too much and not really getting to *drive* them to their full potential. I'm no audiophile, and I know there is a few in here so I bow to the *sound Gods* on this one. Like on Steve's setup with his Drake, I saw his modest speaker. What about you Brian? You have some boatanchors like I do. Shouldn't I go smaller and get the most out of the speaker or a lot of speaker without it reaching it's potential. **Sorry for the longer than usual post, looking forward to many replies. Thanks, DX |
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