"Li.Changchun" ) writes:

Any radio with a large speaker will sound "good" for S9+20 flamethrower
program listening. Anyone that would base there receiver decision mainly on
speaker size is fooling themselves among other things. Especially when the
price difference
between these two receivers is so small. Perhaps you forget that the 7600
also has audio out and can be used to feed a "pair" of superb speakers of
your choice for excellent audio with stereo on FM to boot. In which case
almost any decent pair of powered external speakers will make the S350
speaker sound like hell. And in case you were not aware, the Sony's are
known for having exceptionally clean audio output. What does the S350 sound
like on outboard speakers?

And the odd thing is that "sound" seems to be a constant theme in
this newsgroup. "X isn't as good as Y, but it has better sound".

It's infinitely easier to attach an external speaker, as you suggest,
than it is to fix other things that a radio is not good at.

In the old days, many shortwave receivers didn't even have speakers
built in, and if they did it was a minimal one for convenience and
you were realistically expected to attach an external speaker for
most use.

You can't get good sound with a tiny speaker, and all you get is the
raw speaker with no attempt at making the box fit it. The minute you
go to an external speaker, you no longer have to worry about size of
the raw speaker, you can pick one with a nice big magnet which will
handle more power (the tiny speakers may not do well at higher volunes)
and you can put it in a box that will optimize the effect of that raw
speaker.

Even forget all that, many a cheap speaker box will be better than an
internal speaker.

Michael