"Arthur Pozner" wrote in message
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How
could anyone even compare any Collins design/product with a portable?
I am outraged. This is absurd.


Is it outrageous or absurd for for some people to prefer crystal
stability, low power consumption, digital readout that's both precise
and accurate, portability and reasonable cost?

If DX-440s were available in 1955 for $250, how many would the
government have bought?


The audio reproduction and flexibility of having so many controls is
nothing remotely available on ANY receiver I encountered in
solid
state receivers (commercial/milspec/consumer/amateur).


Maybe because there's no market for that anymore? Anything they did 50
years ago can be done better today. But only if people want it.

My SX - 62 is certainly capable of hi fi AM reproduction. Maybe even
better than a Collins designed product, if such a thing is possible.
And I hear shrill AM. The AM broadcasters are now preemphising the
trebles and deemphisizing the bass. It wasn't long ago that most
stations had their own individual sound, some better than others. Now
they are processed for the lowest common denominator radio. You just
can't win.

I sure can't see getting outraged at anyone prefering a modern solid
state radio. It's the most practical choice.

Frank Dresser