H. State wrote:
DJ wrote:
If you had $500, would you get a mint, late serial number Sony 2010 or a new
Eton E1?

This should help:
http://sdr-1000.blogspot.com/2006_07...0_archive.html

No contest imho, I've owned both including a kiwa modified 2010 which
surpasses the stock 2010.

I should have mentioned the Eton would be my choice. It has the same
synchronous detector as the Drake R8B, plus passband shift and 3
bandwidths.