Ham Radio: Headphones or Speakers?

Great advice all round. I have 2 x Yaesu SP-2000 speakers as well. Love the rich audio. Look forward to the two speaker video :)

Yet another informative video.


My main monitor is IEMs. I have several pair of IEMs with different sound characteristic. I prefered a single balanced armature (BA) which make voice much clearrer. Monitoring with IEMs also a better choice compared to the rig's speaker, when listening to ESSB stations. I hear the big deep bass and clear mid. It is also comfortable, and isolates surrounding noise much better.



I like IEMs and this comment is biased towards IEMs., but, I do agreed the choice of mid centric headphones such as studio headphones.


Thank you.

Bahathir 9W2GNU, 73.

I have a ham radio dedicated speakers wich are made from a italian ham after thousands experiments , thousands prototypes and thousands measurements by the anechoic chamber. Also the speaker's coils are made (Jensen) by his technical specifications. Yaesu, Icom and so on speakers are a joke compared to this one but hey, there are hams who're happy with (eg) Trust, LG etc etc computer speakers , or even hifi ones. While testing, tweaking here and there they were listened by a "orchestra conductor" wich has the "perfect ear" (he's also a ham) . That said.. if it have to be a speaker it MUST be THIS kind of a speaker. For better info please dig for "Radio Speaker" by IV3GXZ .

What do you think of the Heil pro 7 or similar? They're made for and by ham radio aren't they? I was eyeballing them for my VKFF outtings :) Cheers for the vid - VK4ALE

Thanks Jarrad!
I also really like those Yaesu SP-2000's myself, but I'm one of those operators with an oldschool graphic EQ (yeah with the twenny sliders!!) and a nice pair of Wharfedale Diamond MKIII's. Use them for mainly for P.C. audio and can input radio audio too.
The Kenwood HS-5 are the cans of choice here. Designed specifically for communications grade audio and really perform well.
That softdrink behind you.....what is it and has it got you pepped up to the point of shack fever, with physical symptoms of knocking things to the floor being exhibited?? :)

Good video . I use old lakeshore and Cannonball headphone s

I use an old, but still great, set of Sony MDR-V6 headphones.

I use a Klipsch KV-1 center channel speaker with my ICOM 7300. Like all Klipsch speakers, it has high sensitivity that works well with a 1-2 watt input. It also has smooth response and very low distortion.

Great video. I have a pair of Sennheiser HMD 300 Pro that includes a microphone XLR connector. They are super comfortable and the audio is great. Do you know where I can find how to connect the XLR to a ICOM 7610?

What was the model number for the Sennheiser wireless headphones? It was hard to make out on the video. Thanks!

When you switch the source switch from A to B on these speakers, what happens to the audio on the A source? Does it go back to the transceivers internal speaker or just get cut off? (Assuming you have two radios, one each connected to A and B)

will the SP-2000 work on ic-7610?

hi,good video, well explained, getting a Yaesu sp 9000 speaker to replace the Icom sp 23 speaker for my Icom ic 7300, hope it comes next week, thanks from Rotterdam.

Hi Jarrad ! i investigate on SENNHEISER hd25 but i found that are 70 ohm and the rig is 4-32 ohm, any issue in that ?
I found the cheapest SENNHEISER HD-200 Pro that are 32 ohm

Great video, really enjoyed watching as I am looking for an external speaker for my FTDX10. I'm not impressed with the "made for" speaker for that radio - the SP-30 as no filter switches as you demonstrated. Would you feel comfortable pairing the FTDX10 and the SP-2000? And what difference do the ohm ratings make when trying to decide on a good external speaker? Definitely going to watch your microphone shootout!!!

Great video!!! Robert K5TPC

Well articulated and justified, good job!

Good arguments in favour of ham radio supplied speakers. Whether one agrees or not, there's good information in those arguments. Thanks!!