[danj]

My Grundig has an excellent AM section and has the provisions for connecting an external AM antenna.

My Cambridge Soundworks table radio fills the bill. It pulls in AM stations that both of my Sony table radios don't even know are there. It's similar to the Tivoli radios mentioned in a previous post.

C Crane Company has the best selection of quality AM receivers and antennae you will find anywhere.

The best civilian AM receiver I've ever seen was the classic combo of the McKay-Dynek AM receiver and matching antenna. It set a standard that few have even approached, much less matched. Good luck finding one of these!

If you want what may be the best wide-band AM receiver ever made, acquire a surplus AN-R390. It's a military-grade all-tube unit that was used from the 1950s until the early 1980s. With a suitable antenna it would put to shame any other receiver I have ever seen or heard. The chances of finding a working model are small but it remains the standard against which all others must be judged. It's as big as a large microwave oven and weighs 40 pounds and is full of hard-to-find parts. And, if you can find one in good shape it will sell for large $$. Of course.