I forgot - I actually have an old Pioneer SX-790. Do those have good
FM receivers in them?

Thanks,
Dan





On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:48:00 -0400, Dan wrote:

On 21 Apr 2004 16:37:07 GMT, (elg110254) wrote:

Sangean's 909 does a good job with f.m. reception, and has a convenient tape
output jack so you can run it through your stereo system. Vintage Marantz,
Pioneer, Sherwood, & Sony receivers have excellent f.m. sections, also.

I can second the vintage Pioneer receiver recommendation. I have
several here (SX-850, SX-1010, SX-1280) and they are all outstanding.
The 1280, in particular, is extremely good.

For something portable, I'm finding that my newly acquired Grundig
Satellit 700 has an excellent FM section. As good as my 650, and
better than my 800.

In all other respects, the 800 beats the 700 however. Better AM
sensitivity, much better sync detector (the 700's sync barely works,
the 800's is incredible), better audio (on AM; FM sounds better on the
700), better bandwidths, better tuning knob, easier to use memories,
etc.

Dan

Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440,
Grundig S650, S700, S800, YB400, YB550PE
Degen DE1102, Kaito KA1102
Hallicrafters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1937)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)