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I was hoping to get some information on this receiver if anyone can
help.

Currently I have an R-1000 which is great for my needs, except for the
speaker being on the top instead of front-firing. I like the fact that
it's analog tuning yet has a digital frequency counter (I don't care
about entering frequencies like on digital synthesized receivers).
Occasionally I run it through my small stereo amp into a nice pair of
bookshelf speakers and the audio is terrific with the wide 12 kHz
filter (not too bad with the narrow 6 kHz, either), but mainly use it
for bedside listening to shortwave.

There's an external speaker jack on the back panel, next to the coax
connector. If you want a front facing speaker, use a seperate one
there. Or, since the internal amp is not the greatest, IMHO, plug
a nice set of amplified "computer speakers" into the remote jack
on the front panel.

I'd like a receiver with a front-firing speaker for my bedside, and was
wondering how the '600 matched up to the '1000. I do know that it came
out later, is it also anaolg tuning with the frequency counter, minus
the analog display? How is the audio compared to the '1000, run
through a stereo system? I'd probably swap the stock 6 kHz filter for
something a bit wider to improve fidelity. How much attenuation of the
signal does it give you when you use that function?

I'm not too worried about what I'd lose in dynamic range, etc. since
I'd only use a modest antenna to listen to the BBC and such major
broadcasters.

The R-1000 is amazingly convoluted inside (too old for a microprocessor),
and the R-600 may be cleaner. (You should be able to get the manuals
on the mods.dk web site). But the R-600 came out about the time the
yen increased in value, so I've only seen one of them.

Mark Zenier
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