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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.

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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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.

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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.

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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks. It is a fascinating design and I think it would sell well
with complete coverage.

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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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
k5qwg

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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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.


And, the FM needs to go down to 87.9 MHZ.

On Jun 22, 4:21 am, "Ken Finney" wrote:
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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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.

And, the FM needs to go down to 87.9 MHZ.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, it covers 87.9Mhz, I can hear nice Jazz programs here in Shanghai
from Easy FM 87.9

On 6 21 , 10 17 , 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.
Does it cover AM band to 1700khz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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 -

- Show quoted text -

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

- -

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
understandable.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks. It is a fascinating design and I think it would sell well
with complete coverage.- -


I just got confirmation that the final version will cover 530-1700Khz
for AM band, which makes it universal for either US or Europe. My copy
is an engineering version for test purpose so it is only to 1600Khz
for the Chinese coverage.