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August 20th 05, 01:08 AM

wrote:
I just looked at that review again. The name "Drake" is mentioned four
times in that review, and the name "Eton" is never mentioned
anywhere....not once! Someone reading that review would never know that
Eton had any association with this receiver. Am I the only one who
finds this a little weird?

Steve

While I don't think Drake has an exclusive on the phasing detector and
Drake doesn't indicate that they have had any involvement in the design
of the radio, you need to also look at the positive things in the review.

The review has a significant amount of quantative content(numbers). Too
many review are of the "my new radio is the best radio ever" nature.
Other radio reviews focus too much on the touchy-feely stuff with
nothing of substance to back it up.

The reviewer has gone to the effort to get or find the numeric data
presented. He has also made comparions to other high-end portable radios
in addition to the company's previous high end radio. (I'm referring
to high-end portables and not implying a comparison to much more
expensive table-top radios.)

The reviewer has also given us the best description of the features of
the radio that I have seen. This is much better than re-hashing all the
same stuff we have seen before.

The review contains references the things that some might find as
shortcomings. Many reviewers will only present positive comments.

The review does not answer all my questions about the radio but it does
tell me the radio is worth looking at.

My thanks go to the reviewer.

craigm