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"Jill Stafford" wrote:

Somebody was ragging on the Sat 800 in another thread so I thought I would
start this thread in order to avoid hijacking thier thread.

Yes I was telling myself last night how glad I was to get one of the last
Sat 800's. For program listening it is the best radio I have ever used. The
AM sync also works better than any I have ever have heard. Sound quality?
Yes also the best of any SW radio I have ever listened too. Maybe there is a
reason that it was rated only half a star lower than a Drake R8B in Passport
to World Band Radio. How about the Sony 2010 everyone is so crazy about? Yep
the Sat 800 was rated much higher than that but still I think the 2010 is a
good radio. The large size of the Sat 800 lends itself to great sound, great
ergonomics, and a display that I can read across the room. I even use it to
listen to a local FM music station sometimes. A radio with a dozen submenus,
buttons that each have nine different functions and will fit in a shirt
pocket? Yeah I have some like that... Which radio do I use the most? Yep...
The Sat 800.

The 800 *is* a great radio - probably the best voice program listening
shortwave radio ever made. It's music performance on FM is not so hot
due to the relatively small speaker size, and the bass control has
little effect. The Sat 650 - which I also have - sounds *much* better
on FM, but unfortunately it's a mediocre performer on shortwave.

This radio was obviously made for voice, which it excels at. The Sync
is outstanding, and the filters are right out of the R8 - which I also
have.

I have loads of radios, but the 800 remains my "reference" radio.
Sometimes my Sat 2100 all analog radio gets a better signal than the
800, even though they are side by side on the table. It also has a
warmer, "tube like" sound even though it is not a tube set.

Mike