These are 'value for money' reviews, not objective performance reviews. See
the Sangean ATS808 outvalues both with a 5 average rating but we know that
it would be far below the R8B in performance. Since anybody can submit a
review, the whole rating system is suspect but one would hope that the more
reviews submitted the closer the average will reflect popular opinion.
Comparing these average 'value ratings' for receivers in the same price
class might be significant but, even then, a spread of 0.2 (4.8 vs 4.6) is
not, even with a very large number of reviews. There are only around 20 for
each.

Tom

"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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that's gotta be a joke
Was it posted on April 1st?
I've owned both a FRG7 and a Drake R8B and they are in a different class
altogether.
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John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8