Re: [TenTec] AM Receiver distortion in Orion II,

["Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>]

On 1/24/07, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ <k5uj@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It's not too surprising that there's a difference between the Orion's AM
> audio and the TS870.
> There are probably at least two reasons for this.  The 870's dsp is a 24 bit
> system; Ten Tec went with 16 bit dsp, which produces a slightly "grungy"
> sound at times.

Sorry, but it makes no sense to me to attribute these audio qualities
to the DSP word length.

CD's use 16-bit sampling and don't sound "grungy".

73,
Barry N1EU
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