[TenTec] COMMUNICATIONS SPEAKERS Article

[Richards]

YES  - the author makes a good case for using something tailored to the 
task.  Thinking along the same lines, I recently purchased a  B*I*C 
center channel speaker for my rig.

The article is correct, that a speaker tailored for speech frequencies 
is a good plan.   Many headsets have speakers and microphones with 
response curves that are tailored to play the human speech frequency 
spectrum.  The Shure 444 and Shure 522 microphones are built with this 
in mind.  My SM-2 headset has speakers with limited frequency range to 
best accommodate the human voice.  They suck playing music - but sound 
good on the rig.

All that being said, there is still one MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE in the 
mix - - namely, each of us has our own peccadilloes, predilections, and 
penchants for
preferring different audio qualities, so no one speaker will please 
everyone.   Even among proponents of center channel speakers, there will 
be much debate and disagreement about which one is best, or whether some 
other speaker sounds even better.

For example, YOU MIGHT LOVE  my  (mint, nearly new hardly used)  B*I*C 
Model DV32CLR  center channel speaker...  which I would sell to your for 
a mere $40... plus shipping... which usually sells for much, much 
more...  as I have moved on to trying another speaker in my Lifelong 
Quest for the Holy Grail of Ham Radios Speakers.      ;-)

Nevertheless, the guy makes a good point - get something tailored to the 
task.

----------------------  K8JHR  ----------------------

On 2/27/2013 12:35 AM, ARDUJENSKI at aol.com wrote:
> I stumbled across this article addressing COMMUNICATIONS  SPEAKERS. I  plan
> to try to locate one to try later this week. Thought I might share the
> article with you folk also
>
> _http://www.k3dav.com/communicationsspeakers.htm_
> (http://www.k3dav.com/communicationsspeakers.htm)
>
> Alan KB7MBI
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