http://www.amfmreception.com/am-radio/2007/04/new-super-portable-for-am-and-fm-reception Ultimate tuners, receivers, hardware, software, and antennas guide. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.amfmreception.com/am-radio/2007/04/new-super-portable-for-am-and-fm-reception/comment-page-1#comment-7467 RossWood Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:46:47 +0000 http://www.amfmreception.com/am-radio/2007/04/new-super-portable-for-am-and-fm-reception#comment-7467 My initial impressions having just purchased the Re. dsun 2100 in Australia branded Digitech AR1747 The FM is excellent, great sensitivity, distortion free audio, unlike my Icom R71A, good value for money $129.00Aus. Good tuning , stable, a bit of chugging during tuning on SW but hey not alone here. As sensitive as my old RF2200 but without the tuning backlash!Tried it through an amplifier and home theatre speakers,very nice FM stereo. Cons, I wonder how long the handle will last if carried with a full compliment of Alkaline batteries, switches have a delayed response,band change switches have a loose switching feel to them ...but the FM is great! MW has good sensitivity and the bandwidths are about right for SW. Good value. My initial impressions having just purchased the Re.
dsun 2100 in Australia branded Digitech AR1747 The FM is excellent, great sensitivity, distortion free audio, unlike my Icom R71A, good value for money $129.00Aus. Good tuning , stable, a bit of chugging during tuning on SW but hey not alone here. As sensitive as my old RF2200 but without the tuning backlash!Tried it through an amplifier and home theatre speakers,very nice FM stereo.
Cons, I wonder how long the handle will last if carried with a full compliment of Alkaline batteries, switches have a delayed response,band change switches have a loose switching feel to them …but the FM is great! MW has good sensitivity and the bandwidths are about right for SW.
Good value.

]]> http://www.amfmreception.com/am-radio/2007/04/new-super-portable-for-am-and-fm-reception/comment-page-1#comment-8 Mark Heleniak Thu, 24 May 2007 21:10:06 +0000 http://www.amfmreception.com/am-radio/2007/04/new-super-portable-for-am-and-fm-reception#comment-8 I've owned the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HOJN3O?tag=fdac-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000HOJN3O&adid=0R442VPAVZ57WQ6H4D62&" rel="nofollow">Kaito 2100</a> for two months. It is my #1 favorite all-around radio. I love this radio for SW because of it's sound. And it is a close second to SRII for AM and FM sound and just as hot/selective on AM, better on FM. The expensive <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IIE56/103-1558331-5243007?ie=UTF8&tag=fdac-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0009IIE56" rel="nofollow">Eaton E1</a> has a slightly better FM (best fo the bunch), but not that much better. And while the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IIE56/103-1558331-5243007?ie=UTF8&tag=fdac-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0009IIE56" rel="nofollow">E1</a> can 'lock down' better on DX with Sync, SSB & passband tuning and has more creature comforts, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HOJN3O?tag=fdac-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000HOJN3O&adid=0R442VPAVZ57WQ6H4D62&" rel="nofollow">2100</a> is the "fun" and "good to listen to radio" that can hear just about anything there is to hear. I always grab it first. And at around $125, I am not scared to use it!! I’ve owned the Kaito 2100 for two months. It is my #1 favorite all-around radio. I love this radio for SW because of it’s sound. And it is a close second to SRII for AM and FM sound and just as hot/selective on AM, better on FM. The expensive Eaton E1 has a slightly better FM (best fo the bunch), but not that much better. And while the E1 can ‘lock down’ better on DX with Sync, SSB & passband tuning and has more creature comforts, the 2100 is the “fun” and “good to listen to radio” that can hear just about anything there is to hear. I always grab it first. And at around $125, I am not scared to use it!!

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