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"Cato" wrote in message
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Not all of us can afford $300 - $500 for a new radio. Not everyone
can afford a brand new Cadillac or Maserati.
If you have more money then you know what to do with, that's
fine.
Good for you. Have fun. But for the rest of us that have to slog
three shifts, and support a family and pay almost fifty percent of
our income to taxes, you really can't beat the Degen DE11/ Kaito KA
11 in it's price range. Nothing wrong with a good Ford or GMC
vehicle if you can't afford an expensive exotic luxury vehicle.
Among the cheaper radios, the DE11/KA11 really stands out as a
higher quality, better performing radio. Sure, it will never have a
chance of equaling your Sonys. Your Sonys will outperform the
DE11/KA. No question about that. But the DE11/KA11 beats pretty
well everything else in its price bracket.
The fact is the Degen DE11/Kaito KA11 delivers a lot more
performance then its price would suggest. Compared to many other
cheap radios (like the SN400, the Kaiwa KA-818, Eton Mini 300PE,
Grundig G110A, Sangean PT-50, etc. etc.), it is a good performer.
It is also built much better then its price would suggest. It's an
excellent bargain for those of us in in the bit lower income level
that can't see spending our hard earned money on a radio that's up
in the exotic class like the Sony SW100 & SW07. I could buy one of
those Sonys, but then maybe my kids would have to do without decent
skates for playing hockey in their leagues. So, instead, they get
good skates, I go with nice Kaito or Degen radios instead of the
higher performance Sonys. I love Sony, and if I could afford one, I
would get one. I do own an older Sony ICF 2002 ( ICF-7600D), and it
a good radio, works like the day I bought it back in '84. But I am
more then pleased with my decision. The kids are happy with their
skates. I am happy with my radios.
For those of us that simply can't afford a radio like a SonySW100
or
SW07, there are several Kaito/Degen radios in the $50.00 - $100
range that are well built and perform admirably.

Regards, Cato
Do you actually have one of these?

The whole problem is that people in the know have started to refer to
Gegen as an innovative company which produces BETTER radios than
Sony, especially after a bit of development. A company which goes
against the grain of development of Chinese companies which tend to
produce amazing technological achievements in prototype form to show
to their corporate customers which then become tinny bits of junk
with all corners cut to save money when put into production (see
made-in-China versions of Sony VCRs which Sony tells you to they will
swap out or you can throw away if they ever go wrong)

Keep on dreaming your dreamy dreams.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California