Sounds like a Galaxy

[IDIeselman]

Hello all, Now that my introduction is complete I ask this. What is it about the Galaxy radios that make them sound so good? I currently run a clipped cobra 29 side mic/connex EB with a RK56 mic with an old Palomar 300 amp. While it works I am looking for a new radio. Every Galaxy I hear sounds great but there is something about the them that just makes me not want one. I have talked with Doug about the Cobra-Black-Chrome-Stealth-Radio-RFX-Version. I hate to call and bother the man again untill I have the funding to actually make the purchase, Will the addition of the Turbo Echo Board to this radio give it the thunderous sound of those darn Galaxys? I have also narrowed my search to a Texas star DX-1200 to keep my new radio company. Is there any reason I should look at another amp if I do go with the Cobra stealth?

Thanks
Tim

 

[hotrod]

well the black/chrome 29 with a rx75 is a beast .i think id just buy
a mic with echeo .the extreame 2018.it has noise canselling
capabilitys.this mike sounds way better than any eceheo board
plus if ya ever sell the radio u can unscrew the mic and put it on your next radio
other than that sounds like a SWEET setup

 

[9C1Driver]

I actually think that Magnum radio's have the best sounding audio, echo, and all mode variable talk-back. Nothing wrong with Galaxy if your just an AM'er. Heck anything you buy thats actually properly "tuned" should work better then your clipped/hacked Cobra 29. Doug builds some monsters no doubt.

 

[CTStallion]

If you want AM only, which is what a Cobra 29 offers, then go with either a Connex or a General Lee / General Washington. No need for the RFX75 add on because you'll be running an external amp.

Also, many Connex rigs already come with the legendary Connex echo board already installed.

I myself prefer the Cobra 29 LTD when PROPERLY modified. You can either add the RFX75, or a Stinger Board, or an external amplifier. If you set up the 29's just right, low dead key and high forward swing, and you run them against a low-drive amplifier into a properly matched antenna with the RIGHT microphone (i.e.: D104, 575M6, etc.), you'll have PLENTY of AUDIO (just no echo.) An internal echo board (or as suggested: a 2018 Extreme Echo Mic) might give your audio that: PRESENCE you seem to have noticed with some of the Galaxy's, no doubt running echo.

I'm not exactly sure WHAT it is about the Cobra 29 chassis, some say it's the audio transformer and/or audio chip that make them so LOUD as compared to the Galaxy chassis which is a more "transistorized" sounding audio. I'm pretty sure that the audio fidelity and frequency response of the audio chain in the 29's has yet to be rivaled. The only radios which seemed to offer as much frequency response were TUBE rigs: (i.e.: old Brownings, Trams, Regency's, Colts, Gemtronics).

Sounds like the ONLY audio mod made to your current Cobra 29 is a clipped D11. (Don't let DTB see that, hihi.....) If that's the case, you really aren't coming close to taking full advantage of what a Cobra 29 has to offer. You need to have some capacitor mods performed; ideally ones that take into account the type of microphone you are using and YOUR OWN particular voice. Once you set up a Cobra 29 to YOUR voice, or even if you can get your hands on a 575M6 mobile or 1104C desk mic with tone control, I'm pretty sure you'll be quite pleased with a 29.

The TRUCKERS seem to like the Exports, only because the CB shops seem to be pushing them (more profit???). BUT.... if you go to Channel 6, or Channel 11, or Channel 26 and ask the LOUDEST stations what THEY are driving their (often) exotic amp setups with, by-and-large, you will find that the LOUDMOUTH radio of choice is the venerable Cobra 29.

 

[CTStallion]

well the black/chrome 29 with a rx75 is a beast .i think id just buy
a mic with echeo .the extreame 2018.it has noise canselling
capabilitys.this mike sounds way better than any eceheo board
plus if ya ever sell the radio u can unscrew the mic and put it on your next radio
other than that sounds like a SWEET setup

+1;

That's a great idea, cuz all you'd EVER have to do, regardless of which radio you ever purchased, is (possibly) just change the mic plug to match the radio of choice. Also, if you get a 4 pin Cobra/Galaxy echo mic, there are adapters for just about ANY rig; so..... 1 mic, multiple rigs!

 

[CTStallion]

I actually think that Magnum radio's have the best sounding audio, echo, and all mode variable talk-back. Nothing wrong with Galaxy if your just an AM'er. Heck anything you buy thats actually properly "tuned" should work better then your clipped/hacked Cobra 29. Doug builds some monsters no doubt.

Again, +1....

and, the new Magnums already have the Top Gun Modulator and/or Top Gun Processor features (switchable too I believe) already installed.

Also, it seems that the NEWER the Magnum, the LOUDER it is on AM (they've ALWAYS been sweet on SSB, just the older ones on AM weren't the Loudest on the block). But, nowadays...... LOUD and PROUD in ALL modes! RF Limited (which owns Magnum International) is a pretty good company... and they have extensive experience in audio, echo, speech processing, and microphones.

I often wonder if Top Gun Technologies is owned/operated by a former RF Limited or Magnum International Engineer. Hmmmmmmmmm???

Lastly, RF Limited (I think) is who mfg/marketed the original RFX 75 Powerband which Doug recommended for your Cobra 29.

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

im a diehard fan of the 2018 xtreme too , i love mine .
considering how even doubling power has less than a trivial effect from my testing id go with the 500v over a 1200 or 1600 ...... much less money spent and much less amperage/power requirements from the vehicle . im a real believer in the effect a clean 2 pill or 200 watt amp makes . the big amps are nice for bragging rights and ego boosting though .

 

[IDIeselman]

Wow, Thanks for the response guys Now to decide upon a whole new set of parameters. I do like the idea of a smaller amp and not having to replace all my new RG8XX with RG8.

 

[hotrod]

+1;

That's a great idea, cuz all you'd EVER have to do, regardless of which radio you ever purchased, is (possibly) just change the mic plug to match the radio of choice. Also, if you get a 4 pin Cobra/Galaxy echo mic, there are adapters for just about ANY rig; so..... 1 mic, multiple rigs!

this is what i do.i think the days of installing echeo
boards are bout outdated.i also seen you like magnums ,the echeo in those
radios are the same as whats in the rf limited 2018.on the 2 pill amp thing
that will work but DONT install a rx75 that will over drive your amp.use one
or the other. if ya use a 2 pill amp just have someone do a basic tune
deadkey 2 watts and NO clipping.

 

[6.0 Liter]

Like has been said.........Nothing like a Cobra 29 properly tuned, give me a Cobra 29 an a 2 pill amp and I will harrass a BIG Galaxy all day long!

 

[CTStallion]

Like has been said.........Nothing like a Cobra 29 properly tuned, give me a Cobra 29 an a 2 pill amp and I will harrass a BIG Galaxy all day long!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You got THAT right 6.0 Liter!!!

 

[T23]

Hooray for harassment!


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