"KEN8038" wrote in message
...
and a model called the "Performer" which was a pared down
Superadio (C Cells instead of D) which lived up to its billing.

Hmmm. I've had an SR 2 since about 1991, but I never heard of the
Performer.
I'm interested ( I also have an old GE P780 which is my best MW DX radio
of the
many radios I have). I just did a google and Ebay search but nothing
turned up.
Can anyone elaborate on the Performer or direct me to a picture or a
writeup.
Thanks.
--Ken

A lot of people called anything in a sub-boombox case made by GE a
"Superadio". The Performer series (there were several models) does not come
close to the Superadio class. Most had a larger than average speaker and a
longer than average loopstick, but did not have the tuned RF stage that the
Superadios have. Not many GE radios between the P780 and the Superadios did
have a tuned RF stage. I can't speak for their World Monitors, as I've never
had one of those to play with, but their AM only and AM/FM radios were
basic, no more than a pocket radio with a big antenna and speaker (and some
were downright BAD)