[TenTec] Paragon II Speaker

[Steve Snyder W7CM]

I know this is sacrilege but came to Ten Tec back when the Paragon came out 
and I was tired of sending my Icom 751 back and forth and to Icom and never 
getting it fixed. I swore off the Jap radios. I did however keep the SP-20 
Icom speaker. It is the finest speaker I have ever found. I used it all this 
time with my Paragon and it works outstanding with my Jupiter. Sorry no 
Orion experience here.

Steve  W7CM




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <CATFISHTWO at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II Speaker


>
> I use 7 0r 9 inch minimus or RCA speakers, in the heavy aluminum case, 
> sold
> by rat shack for a while. small, and good freq response for these old and
> damaged ears..
>
> tom N6AJR
>
> ==================================
>
> In a message dated 7/20/2006 7:35:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> ARDUJENSKI at aol.com writes:
>
> As you  can read in the archives, the speakers in the 961 and 962 leave 
> much
>
> to be desired regarding volume and frequency response. I set out trying  a
> variety and in general I favor the old communication speakers  Hammarlund
> S-100
> and S-200  so far. The non-amplified computer  speakers offered a bit 
> better
> fidelity but still lacked volume. The  Heathkit SB-600 was very loud but
> lacked
> the base. The S-100 and  S-200 so far has offered both volume and good
> fidelity.
>
> I will  continue to try several more for comparison. I suspect that when 
> all
>
> is said and done a speaker like those used in the old guitar amps of about
> 8in
> size may prove to be a good compromise with their 80-8K frequency 
> response.
> If  this is the case, to keep the profile the same height  as the rest of 
> the
> Paragon  Station, I would mount the speaker  horizontally in the enclosure
> with
> both top  and bottom front  ports.
>
> But for now I am very pleased seeing what a difference a proper  speaker 
> can
> and does make with this radio.
>
> Alan   KB7MBI
>
>
>
>
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