the captain wrote:
did you upgrade the internal speaker or use a good
external one for the audio ?

The sound from the stock speaker can be improved by the bass mod, the hum
mod, and the ANL defeat mod. Recently Kiwa brought out a kit of parts to do
the bass and ANL defeat mods plus replace several polarised electrolytic
caps with non-polarised for a further claimed improvement in clarity. If
that's not good enough, the external speaker is an easy upgrade but if you
want to keep it all in the box, then an internal speaker upgrade is the only
option. Personally, I would rather have the better speaker aimed at me -
hence external. If you really want to get fancy, plug the Tape Out into a
hi-fi system.


I asked about a modified one and you complain that the
selectivity is bad without a replacement.


The stock AM filter sounds very nice with strong signals in the clear. The
switchable selectivity mod allows you to switch in the stock SSB filter for
use with AM for better discrimination against interference with a sacrifice
of audio high frequencies.


you are not giving me the information I need,

Can't anyone out there give good useful information.

I think you have been given some good responses. For more information on the
DX-394, join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RADIOSHACKDX394/.


I asked about a PROPERLY modified 394, I don't care if
the stock unit is no good. the stock R-5000 IS NO GOOD
according to Ranier Liechte and Larry Magne yet people on
this group praise the radio. it needs to have the
upgraded AM filter.

I had a DX-398, did not like it at all, it has no
sensitivity and sounds cheesy.


I have not had a DX-398 and cannot compare first hand but one's a portable
and the other is a tabletop radio - I would think the intended use would be
the determining factor.



I'd rather have a DX398 portable than the DX394. Even
with all the mods I could find it was still a poor
radio. The memory scheme is completely stupid, there is
awful IF bleed-through, it has lousy selectivity without
replacement filters, and the audio is only tolerable.