In years past I used a Berigher(sp) Tube Pre-Amp one was intended for guitar use and the other for vocal use. Both have similar design but the one for use with electronic instruments had more gain and compression options then the vocal unit.
I still have one that I used to use with my trumpets and harmonicas.
I am into home audiophile hobby and used to be big into car audio. If one is selecting the mic carefully and is selecting the tubes they use in the pre-amp I would not think an elaborate eq setup would be needed for a CB radio or your run of the mill export fake 10 meter radio!!!
Most modern amateur radios have audio compression rf-clipping and some form of user adjustable eq function built in and it is all digital.
Short of direct injection and some seriously expensive and elaborate NPC-RC equipment isn't this over kill?
The more I learn about modern day amateur radio operators the less I want to get my ticket. I used to love to rag chew a long time ago but I need to make new friends as most of the ones I used to talk too are no dead. Dx'ing is not about fantastic audio just getting heard. When did it turn into the pursuit of commercial broadcast sound quality? Is this the norm today? I know it is not the norm in the CB world.
I am should just be glad that we do not need HD broadcast quality sound on our cell phones! I can just see it now a rack of electronics in a Pelican case with wheels on it with a tiny coax going from out smart phone to the case. Hude ground plane antenna coming out of the Pelican case on wheels.....LOL
I am all for nice clean broad sound and I am not against NPC or Compression I guess it is just the extreme that some go too. LOL Especial in the CB world what good is all of that if 99.9% of CB's can not use the extra data you are transmitting?
P.S. Love reading about this stuff though so do not think I am being critical because I do not mean it that way at all.
