wrote:

IF he gets a cahnce he needs to at least listen to both.,
The R5000 is a much better, as in more sensitive, and qiuter noise
floor, but the audio is worse then merely bad. The Kenwood engineers
ahd to stay up[ many long nights to get audio that bad. It couldn'thave
been a accident. the audio actually gives me a headach after several
hours of listening.

Bad audio on a R5000? Seems to me it was known for having excellent audio.

The one I had certainly did.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Audio on R-5000: I loved everything about that radio except the way it
sounded. I tried every possible outboard speaker and notch filter and IF
shift, still, the dang thing wore me out after a half-hour or so. I
don't give a damn what the magazines or reviewers say about it, the
radio really was a pain in the ear. Had to sell it. Also, the radio is
sold with 3, not 4 filters. Yes, the knob has 4 positions, but there are
only 3 filters installed as sold new. I did later install the 4th one,
but it involved drilling and cutting the circuit board and creating a
new circuit trace. Turned out OK, though. Still did not improve things
enough to keep the thing.

"Also, the radio is sold with 3, not 4 filters. Yes, the knob has 4
positions, but there are
only 3 filters installed as sold new."

JS Actually, no the R5000 came standard with a marginal 6khz filter
and a very nice 2.4khz filter. Most everyone bought the optional 6khz
filter which was much much better. A 1.9khz ssb and 500hz cw filter
could be added to the other slots, or other widths could be purchased
from outside vendors.