Perhaps....if one desires to use headphones.
I have my Timewave's output hooked to the input of a nice compact 50 watt
stereo audio amplifier, with matching speakers.
I can get all the volume I can possibly use, without driving the Timewave
hardly at all, nor driving the amp hardly at all.
All cables in and out of EVERYTHING are protected from RF. I have no ground
loop issues.
Bottom line...it sounds great. I use the NR mode when appropriate, the tone
elimination mode when appropriate, and the audio bandwidth
limiters virtually all the time. That is especially handy on digital modes,
where even though several signals are unavoidably in the bandpass of the
radio, I can crank right down so I can only hear the one I care about.
I love my Timewave and would recommend it to anyone.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ the best and other great radios
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:39:57 -0600, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
It might need an impedance matching transformer to put
more voltage to your headphones. But the DSP599 doesn't have a great
audio output stage, as I recall, a LM386 that's not good for many watts.
Don't blame impedance matching, it's a lousy audio chain. An LM386 should
have no problem driving headphones.
73,
Jim K9YC
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