Phonema Phits 

Let me start by stating this is not an advertisement, but instead my experience with this product which will include a description of the product, my evaluation of it's quality, ease of installation, and performance before and after it is installed.

The name Phonema may be familiar if you own an Elecraft K3 radio, Phonema has just recently released there new KSP3 speaker which is very similar in design to K3 and K3S radios. They have also added another product to their lineup that I purchased and installed into my Yaseu SP-8 speaker which is called the Phonema Phits.



The Phits Kit is made up of three separate parts, the first being the Alveolar Foam which reduces the vibrations in your speaker enclosure. The second part is the High Density Base Material which gives stiffening and absorbs the bass. The third and final part is the Agglomerate Foam which help reduce resonance from the table. The overall quality of the the material seems to be very good and also is absent of any smell, all cuts are along a straight line which will make installation far easier.



The Phits will only fit a specific speaker so order carefully. It arrives in a simple cardboard box which measures about 12" long, 8" deep, and 4" high. As is evident by the accompanying photo the kit is comprised of three pieces of the Alveolar foam and two pieces of the high density base material. The final piece is the agglomerate foam. On the Yaseu SP-8 speaker total installation took me less than 10 minutes.

First remove the screws that hold the top cover of the speaker in place and set them aside for later use when reassembling the speaker. Along the bottom inside of the speaker there is a bundle of wires which runs to the phone jacks on the rear of the speaker. The piece of dampening material with the three holes in it is the first piece to installed and it is placed on the bottom of the cabinet. You will need to lift the wire bundle and slide the material under the wires with the holes being placed under the phones jacks. Now we install the back panel which has a slot cut on the panel where the phone jacks are located. Next up we install the Right and Left side panels, and they need to be installed in that order. Now comes the part that one needs to pay attention to, first divide the Damping Filler into two piles, one with 1/4 of the filler and the other with 3/4 of the filler. Now take the upper panel and as you look at it you will notice that it has a point where the material is meant to be folded. Fold it at this point at place the short end against the rear panel and place 3/4 of the filling in opening in front. Now with the top piece folded over to make a cover for the top of box the material has made. When you move the top piece forward so as to meet the forward edge of the box this will create and opening that the remaining 1/4 of the filling can be placed in.

After completing the installation I turned my IC-7600 (yes I am using a Yaseu speaker with an Icom radio)on to see if I could notice anything different in the sound quality of the speaker. The difference between the before and after was amazing and very obvious. The SP-8 now had a much fuller sound and is absent of the hollow tinny sound that was there prior to the installation. The amazing part to me was how I was able to separate CW signal in a pileup. This change also made the various filter position on the speaker far more useful and now they will likely get used since they work far better than before.

The price for the Phonema Phits was about $90.00 and this includes the cost plus shipping the item from Spain. Would I recommend it? It you are a picky listener and want a more pleasant sounding speaker for you rig I absolutely would recommend this product.

If you are interested in this products visit their web site at: http://www.phonemaspeakers.com
and to learn more about PHITS visit: http://www.phonemaspeakers.com/speakers/phits.html