On Sep 26, 6:30 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:
Not everyone sees it that way. The DX-150A was an improvement over the 150,
but then cost-cutting and marketing kicked in

Every one of those radios were low-end entry level models that would
do passable job of catching signals if you could put up with drift,
inaccurate dial, modest selectivity, image signals and somewhat harsh
audio.

There isn't a radio around that is not subject to heavy marketing, so
I don't see your point.

as they began to use ICs,

So what. Welcome to the world of modern electronics. Should we
critizize the many top-end shortwave receivers of today because they
use IC's as well? Can you imagine the forest of soldered in discreete
components if we didn't use IC's? And can you imagine the cost?



remove the internal speaker,

The external speaker resulted in moderately improved audio quality and
it looked good.

make the knobs plastic push-on instead of
machined aluminum with a set screw, etc.

No big deal on a budget consumer shortwave radio because it works and
looks just as good.


It's not always true that subsequent models in a series are better, and a
lot of people feel that the 150A is the one to have in this series.

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On Sep 25, 7:52 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:
If by "expanded coverage" you mean the addition of the LW band on the
160,
that is seen by some as a negative. The fifth band added to the
same-size
window makes it slightly more crowded and hard to read, and there's
nothing
to listen to on LW anymore. Wasted space.

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On Sep 24, 6:29 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:
Sorry for the blatant shilling, but it's possible someone here may be
interested in this. Yes, it's mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=190155553202&...

Jeff

They are a fun to use radio if you enjoy bandspread tuning. There are
more similarities than differences between the 150, 150A, 150B and
160. However, in reference to the auction comments I would say the
150b had a slight edge because of the relatively improved selectivity
from a mechanical filter and the 160 because of extended coverage.

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I think I said something like "slight edge". That series is best
viewed as four very similar radios with each subsequent one offering a
small improvement. Whether you listen to LW or not isn't the issue.
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