[TenTec] "Sounds Sweet"
Duane A Calvin
ac5aa at juno.com
Wed Mar 15 10:24:47 EST 2006
$120 for a speaker in a box?! Yikes! I thought the accessory speakers
in pretty cabinets that match the radio were expensive!
73, Duane
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:16:44 -0800 "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net> writes:
> I looked up that Sweet Sounds speaker on the Internet, and it looks
> like a
> pretty good accessory. Pretty good efficiency, optimized response
> shaping
> to eliminate high-end hiss and extraneous junk as well as
> "boomyness" in the
> low end. Is it as good as the web page makes it sound?
>
> Ron N6AHA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] orion with 2.055 firmware -- headphones?
>
>
> >> The chip is designed to deliver 2.5 Watts into an 8 Ohm load
> >> with 13.8 volts power and distortion under 10%.
> >> I find that the speakers levels are quite loud using a
> >> Kenwood SP-31 for the external speaker, which is a fairly
> >> efficient unit.
> >
> > All this talk about audio "chips" and tiny little speakers, makes
> me long
> > for the days when real radios had push-pull 6V6's and "phono"
> positions on
> > the mode switch :-)
> >
> > Failing that the Sounds Sweet is very efficient, and puts out all
> the
> > audio
> > I've ever wanted from the O. Except for the Icom SP-20, I've
> never found
> > any OEM speaker to be particularly good.
> >
> > Grant/NQ5T
> >
> >
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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