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What is the best speaker for p25 scanner
External(?) speakers for P25 digital scanners are really no different from any other speaker. Normally for a communications speaker it's recommended to select a speaker that's tailored to voice frequencies from 85 to 155 Hz for a male, and for female from 165 to 255 Hz, or mare just go with something in the range of 85-255Hz.

I don't have the exact specs at the moment but I've found the Cobra HG S100 external speaker to sound perfect for radio communications overall.
 

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My favourite scanner speakers are still Motorola (I know Kenwood has excellent speakers, too, but I've never used one) commercial radio speakers. I have several NOS Mocom 70 and Mitrek speakers that I repurposed for various scanners. Still going strong after 20 years in the house and garage!
 

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My favourite scanner speakers are still Motorola (I know Kenwood has excellent speakers, too, but I've never used one) commercial radio speakers. I have several NOS Mocom 70 and Mitrek speakers that I repurposed for various scanners. Still going strong after 20 years in the house and garage!
You just can’t beat those old Motorola speakers. I found several in a time capsule (shelter with VERY old Motorola equipment long abandoned) from the late 50’s judging by the logo. They still sound great.
 

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What is the best speaker for p25 scanner
I have a pair of Realistic "book end" speakers, Minimus 7, Catalog #: 40-2030C. I got them at a local hamfest for 10 bucks. These things are heavy weighing several pounds apiece. I have them hooked to my 996 scanners and they sound great. I have several other "book end" speakers that are labeled Realistic (Radio Shack), Sony, JVC and some homemade ones. None of them sound as good as the Minimus 7's do.
 

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Maybe something light on bass. Mumbles25 sounds mumbly half the time. The other half sounds nice. I'd rather deal with static hiss of analog myself but it isn't like we get to choose.
 

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I have this one mounted in my vehicle.
Plenty loud.

I use the Uniden BC20 speaker with an SDS200 at home. Big improvement over the built in speaker. Recommended if you don't need an amplified speaker. Pretty cheap on Amazon.
 

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iMonitor everything said:
voice frequencies from 85 to 155 Hz for a male, and for female from 165 to 255 Hz, or mare just go with something in the range of 85-255Hz.

Well, you would have pretty muffled sounds coming out of those speakers! Most SSB voice communication transmissions fit into a filter that is 300Hz to 3kHz wide which has evolved from the old multi-carrier telephone systems. If you do a spectral analysis of your voice with a wide band microphone you will hopefully find that you have components up to about 7kHz.
www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/speclab/install_speclab.zip
 

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In the truck and wifes car I use the Line in / Aux and run through the vehicles speakers. Pros, can adjust bass and treble and make it loud to compensate road noise. Cons, wife cant listen to the FM radio :)

At home the scanners are connected to @ProScan , but can also use line in on pc. Same thing, bass and treble can be adjusted.
 

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I have another question I have a p325 scanner with dmr can it pick up a dot 3 single I get the I’d and it show up but no audio should the control channel be conventional or dmr turbo
 
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