On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:19:32 GMT, Joe Negron
wrote:

I'm looking for a recommendation for a good radio, but not necessarily a
shortwave.

Almost a year ago I bought a Grundig Yacht Boy YB300PE from Amazon.com
while it was on sale (I also picked up a GE Superradio III, which I find
very useful for picking up out-of-town baseball games). I have a Sony
ICF-7600GR and didn't expect the Grundig to be any better but the price
was low ($40) and I was curious to try it out, mostly because I've only
ever owned Sony shortwave radios (first an ICF-SW7600, then the 7600GR).

I don't like it much. It doesn't compare favorably to the Sony in any
way I can think of, and I particularly dislike the very tinny sound of
the speaker. Some of the controls are counter-intuitive as well (e.g.,
if the unit is in sleep mode, you cannot simply press the power button
to turn it off: you have to press the power button two times, once to
put it in "normal" mode, again to turn it off). I was going to ditch it
or try to find someone to give it to, but my wife expressed an interest
in it so I gave it to her.

She likes it well enough, but she doesn't use it for shortwave. She
likes the presets (i.e., the ability to easily and quickly switch among
multiple stations of interest) to switch among various AM and FM
stations.

I'd like to get her something better. Anyone care to offer any
recommendations? The main features of interest are the presets (at
least 10 or so), a decent sounding speaker, a sleep feature, and a
reasonable price. By "reasonable" I mean that I don't want to spend
~$180 (or whatever is the current price) on a Sony ICF-7600GR because,
as I've said, she doesn't use it for shortwave and I figure it would be
overkill to buy a top-end portable shortwave mainly because it has
presets.

IOW, it seems that most (all?) radios that have presets are shortwave.
My wife likes having the presets but has no interest in listening to
shortwave stations.

So, what I'm looking for is a radio with presets and the other features
I mentioned above, that is reasonably priced, which doesn't have to be a
shortwave radio.

Try http://www.ccrane.com/

They have a whole slew of better AM-FM radios with presets and other
abilities. Not necessarily cheap, but they have a good selection.

bob
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