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There's Modness to ar Methods!!  TS-950sdx Comparison Graphs  There's Modness to ar Methods!!




Gotta See dat VOOODOOOO!!!

Well, You saw how Horrid the Graphs
were on the stock TS-950sdx for Audio Fidelity.
You should of HEARD it!! Auuuug!!
Big disappointment, but not unexpected.
The TS-850s was in the same situation before it was modded.
No big thing.

Here you'll see some comparison graphs
of the Stock SDX compared to the Fully Modded SDX.
There's a tremendous improvement.
Read On!

(SpectraLab software was used for all Graphs)


Modded SSB

Main Receiver:

Whitenoise - Headphone/Ext Speaker Jacks
The Frequency Response of SSB on the Main Receiver was improved dramatically after all the mods were accomplished.
The Low Frequency rolloff was extended to 25cps and the Highs to 3Kc.
The average -3db bandwidth was improved considerably from 20cps to 4.5Kc.
This was measured with received whitenoise.
When measured with a Carrier Sweep (see below) the -3db bandwidth is from 10cps to 6Kc.

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Whitenoise - Acc2 Jack
The Acc2 Jack output is almost identical to the Headphone output now.
For all practical purposes, After the mods they are the same.

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Carrier Sweep:
This is a SpectraLab Graph of a Carrier Sweep accomplished on LSB.
The Lows start rolling of at around 30cps and the Highs around 5.5Kc.
The average -3db bandwidth is from around 10cps to 6Kc.

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TX Monitor:
This has improved phenomenally.
Now that the bandwidth of the AF circuits are better, the Monitor actually has some fidelity.
This Spectra Graph is of the TS-950sdx Monitor with a Frequency Sweep Xmitted thru it.
There is also a line for the TS-850s/DSP-100 that received that xmission.

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Modded AM

Whitenoise - Headphone/Ext Speaker Jacks
The Frequency Response of AM was improved a lot.
The Lows start rolling of at around 30cps and the Highs around 2.3Kc.
The average -3db bandwidth is from around 20cps to 4Kc.

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Whitenoise - Acc2 Jack
Again, The Acc2 Jack output is almost identical to the Headphone output now.

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That's It!!!

Well, As ya'll can see, there's a remarkable improvement!
There are a few bugs that need to be worked out here and there,
but for the most part it is looking perty good.
Actually listening to Hi-Fi stations on the air is Audio Bliss!
It is very comparable to my TS-850s/DSP-100 Combo.
In fact, We think there might be a little
more body and fullness to the sound.
We'll be making some comparison recordings of
the two rigs in the near future for ya'lls Pleasure.
They'll be posted right here when We get em done.


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