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You're not alone in your thoughts over this.

I've complained about the newer radio "fidelity" and noise levels for a long time - ever since Cobra 148F-GTL and Galaxy started using newer overseas parts and designs to save costs - quality seem to be worse than ever - and to compare the older radio designs to the newer ones is a little like Old School - versus - New School.

The Old School taught "Stability - Class -Quiescent - Clean" while the New School - "Stability - Cost - Class - Operation" - two different ways of looking at outputs.

You mentioned filtering - and when you go back in time to the older Push-Pull Audio Amp designs - their tradeoff was power - but the tone was excellent compared to the "telephony" results you get thru todays "self biasing" Audio Amp designs - seems they work more Power than Quality - Punch versus Quiescent - so the filters used in the older styles let alone the parts - are gone - they've been replaced with newer "sharper" (read more bandwidth) but they do not review their Quiescent current notes they once used for the older radios - a separate but valid - emission issue (tone of audio versus band width of audio passed).

The older Xtal based sets did have several things going against them, one mostly being the power levels of drive in Reception as well as Transmission - but between the older to newer lest parts count and less costly designs - the older ones have an upper hand when it comes to reproduction fidelity - not just in reception - but in performance.

Ask a engineer these days about "Quiescent current" and they look at like you're from Mars - they look more at operation and class to set the output - they weren't born when Class A was "the standard" but now they look more towards Class D and E or above output drives and designs as their "The Standard" - which shows up in moments of reception like you have - the clarity is outstanding compared to the scrunched up compressed results they have when they set for operation curve versus the older Quiescent current levels they used from a different book, from years ago.

<blockquote data-quote="Handy Andy" data-source="post: 769100" data-attributes="member: 52309">You&#039;re not alone in your thoughts over this.I&#039;ve complained about the newer radio &quot;fidelity&quot; and noise levels for a long time - ever since Cobra 148F-GTL and Galaxy started using newer overseas parts and designs to save costs - quality seem to be worse than ever - and to compare the older radio designs to the newer ones is a little like Old School - versus - New School. The Old School taught &quot;Stability - Class -Quiescent - Clean&quot; while the New School - &quot;Stability - Cost - Class - Operation&quot; - two different ways of looking at outputs.You mentioned filtering - and when you go back in time to the older Push-Pull Audio Amp designs - their tradeoff was power - but the tone was excellent compared to the &quot;telephony&quot; results you get thru todays &quot;self biasing&quot; Audio Amp designs - seems they work more Power than Quality - Punch versus Quiescent - so the filters used in the older styles let alone the parts - are gone - they&#039;ve been replaced with newer &quot;sharper&quot; (read more bandwidth) but they do not review their Quiescent current notes they once used for the older radios - a separate but valid - emission issue (tone of audio versus band width of audio passed).The older Xtal based sets did have several things going against them, one mostly being the power levels of drive in Reception as well as Transmission - but between the older to newer lest parts count and less costly designs - the older ones have an upper hand when it comes to reproduction fidelity - not just in reception - but in performance.Ask a engineer these days about &quot;Quiescent current&quot; and they look at like you&#039;re from Mars - they look more at operation and class to set the output - they weren&#039;t born when Class A was &quot;the standard&quot; but now they look more towards Class D and E or above output drives and designs as their &quot;The Standard&quot; - which shows up in moments of reception like you have - the clarity is outstanding compared to the scrunched up compressed results they have when they set for operation curve versus the older Quiescent current levels they used from a different book, from years ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Handy Andy, post: 769100, member: 52309"] You're not alone in your thoughts over this. I've complained about the newer radio "fidelity" and noise levels for a long time - ever since Cobra 148F-GTL and Galaxy started using newer overseas parts and designs to save costs - quality seem to be worse than ever - and to compare the older radio designs to the newer ones is a little like Old School - versus - New School. The Old School taught "Stability - Class -Quiescent - Clean" while the New School - "Stability - Cost - Class - Operation" - two different ways of looking at outputs. You mentioned filtering - and when you go back in time to the older Push-Pull Audio Amp designs - their tradeoff was power - but the tone was excellent compared to the "telephony" results you get thru todays "self biasing" Audio Amp designs - seems they work more Power than Quality - Punch versus Quiescent - so the filters used in the older styles let alone the parts - are gone - they've been replaced with newer "sharper" (read more bandwidth) but they do not review their Quiescent current notes they once used for the older radios - a separate but valid - emission issue (tone of audio versus band width of audio passed). The older Xtal based sets did have several things going against them, one mostly being the power levels of drive in Reception as well as Transmission - but between the older to newer lest parts count and less costly designs - the older ones have an upper hand when it comes to reproduction fidelity - not just in reception - but in performance. Ask a engineer these days about "Quiescent current" and they look at like you're from Mars - they look more at operation and class to set the output - they weren't born when Class A was "the standard" but now they look more towards Class D and E or above output drives and designs as their "The Standard" - which shows up in moments of reception like you have - the clarity is outstanding compared to the scrunched up compressed results they have when they set for operation curve versus the older Quiescent current levels they used from a different book, from years ago. [/QUOTE]

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