RadioBanter - View Single Post - Best audio among all solid state receivers?

July 25th 05, 01:56 PM

wrote:
I fired up the old Lowe HF-150 this afternoon and was again bowled over
by the quality of its audio.

This made me wonder: Which solid state receiver has the best audio? And
I don't mean the best audio with the built in speaker, but with a
reasonably good external speaker.

Is it the HF-150? The HF-225? Something else?

What's your opinion?

Steve

A communications receiver will be somewhat hampered in comparison to
one designed for program listening. So here's my choices:

Of the communications receivers the Kenwood R-5000 produces enjoyable
audio for program listening and does a superb job on voice
communications.

One of the large Grundig Satellit models like the 650 or 3400 will
produce very enjoyable audio for program listening with the built-in
speaker alone.

The Panasonic RF-5000b is a very old 22 pound analog receiver that
produces the mellowest audio I've heard from a solid state luggable
radio. I honestly think it would lose something if the audio were sent
to an external speaker or amp.