RadioBanter - View Single Post - Remember the Sony ICF-68000W?

BDK[_3_] · August 12th 07, 02:52 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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Yours must have been badly out of alignment. Properly set up, it's one of
the most sensitive as well as one of the quietest radios you'll ever have
the pleasure of using. It didn't get the reputation it did for nothing.

And some of us love the way it looks.

Well, it was brand new, about two days out of the box, and worked
exactly (As far as I could tell) like the one they had at Universal
Radio. The guy who bought the 6800W sold it when the 6800 Orange fever
kicked in for a small profit.

IMO, it got it's reputaion because at the time it was released, there
were few halfway decent new under $1000 receivers that were available
worldwide, and the Sony name. A name that has sadly been tarnished the
last few years. Deservedly so, IMO.

If you liked it, great. There are tons of receivers that I would have,
and still would pick over one, unless it was super cheap.

I think a lot of people like me think it's ugly because the front panel
is very "uniquely" laid out. Kind of like, "Put this knob here, and that
dial there...whoops, we forgot to put those buttons in! Oh crap, where
are we gonna put that other knob?"

BDK

"BDK" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLvYfXh_ZH0

I really wanted one after reading all the stuff written about it when I
first got bit by the higher end SW bug, it really sounded great. I had
nothing even approaching it though, so it would have been a major step
up, equipment wise.

But I was severely disappointed in it when I actually used one the first
time, then even more so a few minutes later when I played with a JRC
NRD-515. At that moment, every desire I had for a 6800 "Orange" was
dead. It took me almost two years before I bought my NRD-525, and
another year after that before I finally got my NRD-515. I still have
it, but the 525 has been replaced with a much later, improved one.

On top of it not being all that great of a receiver, the 6800 is pretty
damn ugly.

Nice video though. Miles ahead of the NRD-535 ones.

BDK