DX Ace,

See - I did not have to hold my 'breath' that long )
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Yes - I Did Say 'almost'

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Hello,

Having "played" with a friend's heavily modified ICOM IC-R75, I believe
this radio is also a "defective" design and is, in fact, a fraud (my
opinion).

It appears, at least to me, to be a "bottomless modification pit"
costing enough money (and aggravation and disappointment) to make it
well worthwhile to just forget about this "Japanese wonder" and buy the
Grundig Satellit 800 which costs $449.95 or less. No expensive or
inconvenient modifications are necessary for the Grundig! And, it gives
at least 95% of the performance of a Drake R8B or AOR AR7030 Plus at
only one-third the price.

My friend likes his radio; however, I've commented to him that if he
likes it so much, why does he have to keep modifying it? His radio has
cost him, thus far, over $1000. (And, he's not a "nut." His concerns
with the performance of his radio are well-founded.) For that kind of
money, you could buy a Drake or an AOR.

If ICOM were truly a class act, again in my opinion, they would upgrade
the 'R75 as its shortcomings are well-known by now, and they should
even offer to arrange "fixes" for those radios already in service.
Best,

Joe

Joe Analssandrini wrote:

Hello,

Having "played" with a friend's heavily modified ICOM IC-R75, I believe
this radio is also a "defective" design and is, in fact, a fraud (my
opinion).

It appears, at least to me, to be a "bottomless modification pit"
costing enough money (and aggravation and disappointment) to make it
well worthwhile to just forget about this "Japanese wonder" and buy the
Grundig Satellit 800 which costs $449.95 or less. No expensive or
inconvenient modifications are necessary for the Grundig! And, it gives
at least 95% of the performance of a Drake R8B or AOR AR7030 Plus at
only one-third the price.

My friend likes his radio; however, I've commented to him that if he
likes it so much, why does he have to keep modifying it? His radio has
cost him, thus far, over $1000. (And, he's not a "nut." His concerns
with the performance of his radio are well-founded.) For that kind of
money, you could buy a Drake or an AOR.

If ICOM were truly a class act, again in my opinion, they would upgrade
the 'R75 as its shortcomings are well-known by now, and they should
even offer to arrange "fixes" for those radios already in service.
Best,

Joe

Do I detect the beginnings of a class action lawsuit?

:-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Not by me! I don't own one! :-) But if I did ...

Best,

Joe

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Joe Analssandrini wrote:

Hello,

Having "played" with a friend's heavily modified ICOM IC-R75, I believe
this radio is also a "defective" design and is, in fact, a fraud (my
opinion).

It appears, at least to me, to be a "bottomless modification pit"
costing enough money (and aggravation and disappointment) to make it
well worthwhile to just forget about this "Japanese wonder" and buy the
Grundig Satellit 800 which costs $449.95 or less. No expensive or
inconvenient modifications are necessary for the Grundig! And, it gives
at least 95% of the performance of a Drake R8B or AOR AR7030 Plus at
only one-third the price.

My friend likes his radio; however, I've commented to him that if he
likes it so much, why does he have to keep modifying it? His radio has
cost him, thus far, over $1000. (And, he's not a "nut." His concerns
with the performance of his radio are well-founded.) For that kind of
money, you could buy a Drake or an AOR.

If ICOM were truly a class act, again in my opinion, they would upgrade
the 'R75 as its shortcomings are well-known by now, and they should
even offer to arrange "fixes" for those radios already in service.
Best,

Joe

Do I detect the beginnings of a class action lawsuit?

Why not just a petition with a lot of names? With all the R75 and R5 owners?
Could Icom ignore that?


:-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"DeWayne" wrote:


Do I detect the beginnings of a class action lawsuit?

Why not just a petition with a lot of names? With all the R75 and R5 owners?
Could Icom ignore that?


Y'know, when ICOM does well, they usually do VERY well. When they do
poorly, they produce the R1 and the R75.

Unfortunately, one thing they always do is handle criticism *very*
poorly. Especially ICOM America.

I wonder if Mr. Inoue (sp!) knows what is being done in his name over
here?


--
Eric F. Richards,
"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

Eric F. Richards wrote:
"DeWayne" wrote:


Do I detect the beginnings of a class action lawsuit?

Why not just a petition with a lot of names? With all the R75 and R5
owners? Could Icom ignore that?


Y'know, when ICOM does well, they usually do VERY well. When they do
poorly, they produce the R1 and the R75.

Unfortunately, one thing they always do is handle criticism *very*
poorly. Especially ICOM America.

I wonder if Mr. Inoue (sp!) knows what is being done in his name over
here?

What am I hearing? According to most R75 owners, it's the best receiver on
the planet and with only a few hundred small Kiwa mods, is superior to the
R-390. Is this not true?

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"Brian Denley" wrote:

Eric F. Richards wrote:
"DeWayne" wrote:


Do I detect the beginnings of a class action lawsuit?

Why not just a petition with a lot of names? With all the R75 and R5
owners? Could Icom ignore that?


Y'know, when ICOM does well, they usually do VERY well. When they do
poorly, they produce the R1 and the R75.

Unfortunately, one thing they always do is handle criticism *very*
poorly. Especially ICOM America.

I wonder if Mr. Inoue (sp!) knows what is being done in his name over
here?

What am I hearing? According to most R75 owners, it's the best receiver on
the planet and with only a few hundred small Kiwa mods, is superior to the
R-390. Is this not true?

Heh. Cast "summon phil spell" roll...

I *was* an R75 owner. Great value? Yep. Very good performer? You
bet. Without terrible weaknesses? Nope.

That said, I own several R8500s and think they are terribly underrated
by the radio community. I certainly prefer them to the '75.



--
Eric F. Richards,
"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

I personally would choose a stock R75 over an 800 in a heartbeat, not
because I'm an R75 fan but because I'm not so impressed with the 800
(for reasons that can obviously be subjective and idiosyncratic). While
I can't assign exact percentages to overall performance, I'm surprised
by your comparison of the 800's performance with that of the R8B's. I
think there's a big, immediately noticeable difference in their
performance. I've sold a couple of 800s simply because I didn't like
them. I'd never sell my Drake or even my Sony SW77.

But maybe I just have unusual preferences. There are lots of folks
whose opinions I respect who love the 800. Variety is the spice of
life, I guess.

Steve

wrote:

I personally would choose a stock R75 over an 800 in a heartbeat, not
because I'm an R75 fan but because I'm not so impressed with the 800
(for reasons that can obviously be subjective and idiosyncratic). While
I can't assign exact percentages to overall performance, I'm surprised
by your comparison of the 800's performance with that of the R8B's. I
think there's a big, immediately noticeable difference in their
performance. I've sold a couple of 800s simply because I didn't like
them. I'd never sell my Drake or even my Sony SW77.

But maybe I just have unusual preferences. There are lots of folks
whose opinions I respect who love the 800. Variety is the spice of
life, I guess.

If I had the hard choice of an '800 and an R75 I too would choose the R75.

:-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA