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HERE IS WHY I THINK THE "ETON E1 RECEIVER WITH XM SATELLITE RADIO WILL
BE A BETTER 'BASIC' PRODUCT THAN THE DRAKE SW8 AND GRUNDIG SATELLIT 800
MILLENNIUM RADIO/RECEIVERS : {What I Think and Why}
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Since RL Drake Co. (including Grundig/Eton/Tecsun) have a History of
"Lesions Learned" for the Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium and the Drake
SW8 Radio/Receivers. It would be in RL Drakes and the others
collective "Best Interests" to make any and all small Fixes that would
Reduce Customer Complaints and Improve Initial Customer Satisfaction
with their new Radios. Each Dollar spend doing so usually results in
about a Seven Dollar Saving in Repair Maintenance Costs 'after' the
Sale of the Product {Radio/Receiver} .
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If you had read all the little 'low cost' FIXES that Grundig Satellit
800 Millennium Owners have Reported about in the Grundig Satellit 800
eGroup on YAHOO! You would know that there are many minor 'parts'
improvements that could make the new Eton E1 Receiver with XM Satellite
Radio a "Better" Product {Radio/Receiver} for the Radio Enthusiast.
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NOTE : This is a Product {Radio/Receiver} that is Up-Scale-Priced and
"Targeted" for the RADIO ENTHUSIAST : Or to be Given as what is usually
called an "Executive Gift" . [Money & Image]
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I Will Repeat Myself: [ IMHO ] In order to put the 'basic' Electronics
of the Drake SW8 / Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium into a much
'smaller' [Box] as that which is the "Size" of the new Eton E1 Receiver
with XM Satellite Radio: The Design Engineers at RL Drake Co. (USA)
and the Manufacturing Process and Testing Engineers at Tecsun GEM China
(PRC); would have to BUILD THE RADIO BETTER; or offer an inferior
product to the SW8 / GS800M. All the Companies concerned simply would
NOT DO THIS with what will be Their PREMIER "Flag Ship" Product
{Radio/Receiver}
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and that's what i think ~ RHF
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All are WELCOME and "Invited-to-Join" the
ETON 'Elite' E1 XM Radio eGroup on YAHOO !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E1-XM-Radio/
The Topic is the Eton 'Elite' E1 Radio with XM Satellite Receiver
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