I tried ALL of the shortwave portables regarding their FM performance.
The very best ( testing with ears only!!) is the SANGEAN 909.
You have to learn how to manipulate the whip antenna. I get stations
with this radio that others only come in with an attic antenna.

I'm not much of a music listener, but I will agree with Pete. The 398/909 does
sound sweet.

It did before I got it modded and they put in a bigger speaker, sounds even
better now.

It sounds so good that I leave the 'voice mode section' on *music* even when I
listen to SW, because you have two other choices - news and normal.- It stays
on 'music.' Can't go wrong.:-)


~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/*SUPER-DELUXE Mod- DRIVEN*394/*Modded*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW
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Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*
~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~
~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~
~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~