Hello Voyager:

I have an E5 also and generally concur but

the build quality is not as good as the sony....

just a note,read on the Kiwa guy's mod website,that

degen/Kaito 1103's -and this would include our

E5's- do not have any diode protection on the pull-

up antenna.

So if you walk across a rug,etc be mindful to not touch

the whip and blow the RF transistor.

BTW,Kiwa guy offers a diode mod for this and will do it...

best regards.....