I finally took the plunge and shelled out $60 for a
Sangean DT-200V after reading so many glowing reviews
about it. I do agree that the reception is pretty good,
but it's actually no better than the reception I get on
my Sony sports walkman, at least for AM reception.

My major complaint is the user interface. The manner
in which one has to scan through the preset stations is
absolutely pathetic. Is it too much to ask to have presets
segregated into FM stations and AM stations, like that which one usually
has on the average walkman? Apparently so, as Sangean chooses
to lump AM/FM into a string of 19 allowable presets. Second,
there's this stupid little game one must play to reverse the
scanning direction when going through the presets! Is it
too much to ask that there be separate up/down buttons that
control this directionality? Apparently so. Sangean's brilliant
solution is to have you press down the "select" button a little
longer, and then quickly make your way to the up/down tuning
button to reverse the flow...and when you get to your station
you better quickly re-press the "select" button lest your desired
station fly on by! Totally ridiculous. There's so much spare room
on the front of the radio that a couple of more buttons could
*easily* be accomodated.

Why do people rave so highly about this portable radio? While I
think it's a good one overall, it is definitely overpriced...it's
about a $30 radio to my mind, considering the *lousy* user interface.

JB