On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:17:49 -0700, Roadie wrote:

On Jun 21, 8:22 am, " wrote:
On 6 21 , 7 41 , Roadie wrote:





On Jun 21, 1:43 am, " wrote:

On Jun 21, 12:50 am, Roadie wrote:

On Jun 20, 9:55 am, " wrote:

I am very active in a Chinese radio discussion board, I am lucky
enough to be one of the only few people who got a chance to review the
engineering model of VAL R-301 radio. The biggest surprise to me is
the sound, it has a very warm and tube-like sound only heard from
vintage European radios, the bass is
relaxed yet powerful, better than the tight bass available from
Tivoli.

For features, it has FM/AM band, FM stereo available from a satellite
speaker, and a real mechanical timer!

Yes, I know it doesn't have Short Wave but if you do not listen to SW
and want a good sound, R-301 is not a bad choice.

I have created a group on Yahoo and put a few pictures there, if you
are interested, you can have a look athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Valradios/

Nice looking retro styling. Questions: Who is it available through.
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I heard the model will be available in US and Europe, so pay attention
to your local retail. The AM band is only up to 1600 Khz unfortunately.- Hide quoted text -

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Too bad they didn't expand the AM band to the current definition.
That will be a deal killer for a lot of folks.- -

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I will forward your comment to the designer, I am not sure if there is
enough time for a revision, but they will need to consider AM coverage
if they are trying to access the US market, this is their first try so
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Thanks. It is a fascinating design and I think it would sell well
with complete coverage.

As a kid, I had a Zenith AM-SW floorstanding woodie with a with a
Magic Eye tuner and a 15" woofer. Nice to see some new radios looking
kinda backwards.

bob
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