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SPEAKER AS MENTIONED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS, THERE IS A DELAY AND AUDIO CLICK
WHEN YOU FIRST POWER ON THE SPEAKER.  WITH DSP ACTIVATED, IN MANY CASES
THERE IS A SLIGHT DELAY BEFORE THE DSP STARTS PROCESSING SIGNALS AND NOISE
CANCELLATION AND TONE REDUCTION ARE APPLIED.  WITH THE PROCESSING TURNED
OFF, THE AUDIO FROM THE SPEAKER SOUNDED ABOUT THE SAME AS FROM THE SPEAKER
IN MY TRANSCEIVER.  WITH THE DSP FEATURE ENGAGED, THE MANUAL SUGGESTS
STARTING WITH A FILTER LEVEL SETTING OF 6 30 DB OF NOISE REDUCTION.
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DEPENDING ON HOW YOU MOUNT THE SPEAKER, YOU MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCESS
THE FILTER LEVEL KNOB ON THE REAR PANEL.  AS WITH MOST ADJUSTABLE DSP
SYSTEMS I HAVE USED, I FOUND THAT SETTINGS IN THE MID RANGE OFFERED THE
BEST COMPROMISE BETWEEN SIGNAL QUALITY AND NOISE ELIMINATION.  THERE WAS
STILL QUITE A BIT OF NOISE PRESENT AT THE LOWER SETTINGS.  AT THE HIGHER
LEVELS, I COULD HEAR MORE DIGITAL ARTIFACTS AND DISTORTION.  THE ARTIFACTS
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