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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
BTW, I put the word "stereo" in the last paragraph in quotes because today's portable radios claiming to have stereo FM give the medium a very bad name. The stereo separation, for one thing, is a joke in most stereo portables. I have a Panasonic AM/FM/stereo-FM boombox that is perhaps a foot long; it sounds good, but the speakers are still far too close to each other for the best stereo effect. I don't use that radio much, but if I do from now on, it will be with headphones
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The critical thing here is listening distance relative to the speaker spacing... this little Sangean, which has about 8" speaker spacing, placed on my desk where I am working 2 to 3 feet away, produces a quite pleasing stereo image. I would not recommend it as a room-filling stereo, but for close listening, it is quite nice.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...alty/0068.html
By the way, it is a HOT radio for FM dx, that far outperforms (in sensitivity and selectivity) every vintage Zenith that I have ever owned, including a TO 3000 and Y-832
jr