Hi. Yes I have tried external speakers and running the audio from the ACC
socket into an amp. Helps very little. Please checkout the ic-706 yahoo
group. Other users have noted the same problem and provided spectral
analysis of the audio. While the 706MKIIG IF is pretty wide , Icom changed
the audio for the worse between the 706 and the 706MKIIG.
The Becker Mexico AM audio is much better than a 706MKIIG.


"Mark Keith" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message

Have you tried an external speaker? Can make a huge difference in
audio on those radios. Also, an external audio amp helps even more.
The audio from the icom itself should be pretty good.