On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:53:15 GMT, Al Arduengo
wrote:

"ben" writes:

"Neil Bell" wrote in message
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Anyone with both of these radios care to share veiws on the relative
AM/FM performance??
Neil Bell

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as when they do it from religious conviction."
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No contest, the Sony 7600GR blows the 909 away on EVERYTHING!



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Man, you must have some sort of past with the 909 that is really
horrible.

-Al
Well, I have both (actually the DX398) and on the same antenna for
most cases the only difference is the fact that they have different
audio characteristics. I say most because there have been some cases
where the Sony has been able to more clearly pick out some tough
stations that could not be intelligibly heard on the 398/909 .... and
the difference wasn't the synch as it wasn't used on those weaker
signals. For SSB I like the finer tuning offered on the 398/909 vs
the rotary pot adjustment on the Sony and for travel I prefer the Sony
as it's lighter and easier on batteries. Overall, I'd say they are on
par with each other....though if I could keep only one it'd be the
Sony. In the end ........ well, there will never be an end to this
debate/discussion so just get whichever one pleases you the most based
on contrasting features cost.
Howard