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"Stinger" wrote:

Okay.

Now, try plugging in a "good" pair of Walkman-style headphones. Turn on a
good FM station, and press FM again to get the "Bass" setting.

Nice, huh?

I think the speaker is basically there as a convienience, but the radio's
size (and the fact that the manual says not to use the Bass setting without
headphones) tell me that you've basically got a shortwave walkman.

Exactly, and it absolutely excels in that application!

Although mine is still "good enough" thru the speaker for hour after
hour program listening. No, it's not as nice as my R8 with the Sync
Detector on playing thru my Satellit 650's AUX input, but then it
doesn't weigh a combined 20 pounds either!

Dan