let me tell you a thing or two... the satellit 800 don't need no
stinking PBT or DSP. the sync detector is BETTER than all those options

It depends, as always, on what the listener requires for the types of listening
they do most often. If you tend to listen only to SW programming or MW
stations, and casually at that, then perhaps you may not need anything more
than a good synch. function, decent tone controls, good headphones and a quiet
antenna.
For most SWLs, however, a good, working synch detector (which the 800 does
boast, and rightfully so) is simply not good enough for other fading, noise and
distortion problems, and since it is an entirely different function than
passband tuning or even the much-debated DSP function, it is silly to claim
that any synch detector is 'better' than those features. It's like claiming a
preselector is better than a 3-band EQ... apples and oranges.
I've never been a fan of DSP, at least not the more common AF DSP (rather than
true IF types) so that's neither here nor there for me.
I like the 800, but for my listening tastes, if I don't have a good PBT or IF
shift, or a more robust selection of bandwidths, I won't use the radio.
It's great, but it ain't no 'king' of radios.
You have the right to love it to death and sleep with it each night, of course.
And God bless you... but to each their own, right?
Linus