For One and All,

What the Eton E1 Radio "IS" ! -=V=- What It Is Not
and What Not to Expect.
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1. The Eton E1 Radio is NOT a Table Top General Coverage High
Frequency Receiver like the Icom IC-R75 or Kenwood R-5000.
* It is a Shortwave Listener's 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.
Therefore - Expect a Lighter Plastic Case not a Heavy Metal Box.
OBWT : I Own All Three Radios.

2. The Eton E1 Radio is NOT a "Big" Table Top Shortwave Listener's
Radio like the Grundig Satellit 800 or Grundig
RTV-320U.
* It is a 'smaller' Shortwave Listener's 'portable' AM/FM
Shortwave Radio.
Therefore - Expect a 'smaller' Radio with smaller controls.
OBWT : I Own All Three Radios.

3. The Eton E1 Radio is NOT a AM/FM 'portable' Radio designed
for Big Sound Radio Program Listening like the GE Superadio I,
GE Superadio II and GE Superadio III or the GE Digital Superadio
or the GE Superadio Cassette Radio or CCRadioPlus+ with Kiwa Mods.
* It is a Shortwave Listener's 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.
Therefore - Expect a 'smaller' Speaker and a little less audio
quality.
OBWT : I Own All Seven Radios.

4. The Eton E1 Radio is NOT a AM/FM "Bed Side" Radio designed
for that "Nice & Full" Sound from a Radio with an Alarm Clock
for Music Program Listening like the Cambridge Sound Works 740CD
Radio; Tivoli Model One Radio, KLH Model 100 Radio; Sangean WR1
Radio; Audiophase SkyBox XM Satellite Radio.
* The E1 is a Shortwave Listener's 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.
Therefore - Expect a 'portable' Radio Sound and the "Nice & Full" Sound
of a Bed Side Radio.
OBWT : I Own All Six Radios.
FWIW - The Eton E1 radio also does not have the Great Old Sound
of the 'old' "Tube" Kitchen Radios like my : RCA Victor Filteramic
Model 3RC76; GE Musaphonic Model T265; Sonora Model RCU-208;
RCA Victor Model 9-X-571 Radio.

CONCLUSION :
The Eton E1 Radio is "IS" a 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio designed
to be a nice sounding high quality 'portable' Radio
like the Sony ICF-2010; Sangean ATS-909; Grundig Yacht Boy 400;
Sony ICF-SW7600GR; and Grundig S350.
* Now this "IS" what the Eton E1 Radio "IS" simply a Shortwave
Listener's 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.
Therefore - Expect a nice sounding high quality 'portable' AM/FM
Shortwave Radio and you will be happy with the Eton E1 Radio.
OBWT : I Own All Six Radios.


SIDE-BY-SIDE TESTING - Of the Eton E1 XM Radio
with other 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios :
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FIRST - OVERALL - If you want to know "How Good" in General
the Eton E1 Radio is; then have a Stand-a-Lone Shoot-Out
between two 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios. My pick
would be the "Legendary" Sony ICF-2010 -verses- the Eton E1
Radio for Sound Quality; Signal Handling; and Overall Utility.
- - - IMHO the Eton E1 Radio WINS! over the Sony ICF-2010
as the better Overall 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.

SECOND - SIGNALS - For "How Good" the Eton E1 Radio is with
an External Shortwave Antenna try a 75 Foot Long Inverted
"L" Antenna using a Matching Transformer plus Coax Cable
Feed-in-Line and an Antenna Switch to run the two Radios
off the same Antenna and Listen to them Side-by-Side.
Now get a Sangean ATS-909 which is usually consider to be
one of the best 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios when used
with an External Shortwave Antenna; and Test it Side-by-Side
with an Eton E1 Radio.
- - - IMHO the Eton E1 Radio WINS! over the Sangean ATS-909
as the better Signal Handling 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.

THIRD - SOUND - For "How Good" the Eton E1 Radio is when it
comes to Sound Quality in a 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio
listen to the Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE -verses- the Eton E1
Radio. The Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE is generally considered
to have one of the best sounding Speakers of these average
size 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios.
- - - IMHO the Eton E1 Radio TIES with the Grundig Yacht Boy
400PE as a Very Good Sounding 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio.

FOUR - BUILD QUALITY - For "How Good" the Eton E1 Radio is
as far as Build Quality and 'feel' of the radio; after having
done the three above tests and Handling the Four Radios.
Note - They all have Plastic Cases; Small Knobs and Buttons;
LCD Displays; Whip Antennas; and small Speakers; since after
all they are 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios.
- - - IMHO the Eton E1 Radio has ever-bit 'as good' Build
Quality as an the Sony ICF-2010, Sangean ATS-909 and the
Grundig Yacht Boy 400 PE.

THE BOTTOM LINE - Do these Side-by-Side Tests of these Four
'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios and then Decide for Yourself.

IN SUMMARY - The Eton E1 Radio - Hey its just a 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radio; and a very good one at that [.]

RATING : I Rate the Eton E1 Radio as a "5" out of '5' ! (5/5)


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