Personally I am all set with portables...I have my Grundig YB-400
(which I use with a Sony AN-LP1), which is excellent for me right now.
I am looking forward to the warmer months, when I'll be able to take it
outside and hear the world in great clarity. I also have a Grundig Mini
World 100 at work. I pretty much just listen to AM on it, which is
fine. I like it because it's small and is easy to tuck away in a
drawer, or put in a coat pocket.

I hope to get a decent tabletop eventually, though the usefulness of a
tabletop seems limited for me...being in an apartment, I can't run a
wire outside. I kind of like the Satellit 800 as well (at least the
reviews I've read); maybe I'll get one of those eventually.

It's cool if someone wants to pick up every portable that comes
out...but I wonder how different one Chinese portable is from the
next...it's not like there are so many different features between each
radio.