[TenTec] AM Receiver distortion in Orion II

[John]

My ears tell me the second kenwood 870 sounded better !  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:54 PM
Subject: [TenTec] AM Receiver distortion in Orion II


> One of the items on my "wish list" for the Orion II is to fix the AM 
> receive audio, which sounds to me like a problem in the DSP code that 
> causes distortion and 'muddy' sound.  It's most noticeable during 
> selective fades that cause a serious clipping effect.  Last night, I made 
> an MP3 of a local AM radio station comparing the O2 to a TS-870, and sent 
> it to TT service.  This morning, TT said they couldn't hear any difference 
> between the two receivers.  Is it my ears or what?  The link to the clip 
> is below.  The O2 is the first 60 seconds and the 870 is the second 60 
> seconds.  Bandwidth on the O2 is 6 kHz, while the 870 is 3 kHz, although 
> as you'll hear, it sounds just the opposite!
>
> http://n6ie.com/OrionII_vs_870.mp3
>
> Can anyone besides me hear the difference?
>
>      Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
> (Formerly N6AHA)
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