Does Anyone Know the Difference Between the $99 Boston Acoustics Horizon Solo and Its $149 Successor the Solo II?

$50 seems like a big hike between the first Solo and the Solo II. Are we talking more than improved firmware here? 

I loved my Solo a fews years back . . . until the AM died. Same thing happened to my BA Horizon Duo, 3 models, all exchanged until I gave up.

Update: Paul writes:

The specs are here:

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/solo_npa.pdf

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_II_npa.pdf

The manuals are here:

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_MAN.pdf

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_II_MAN.pdf

And guess what? The two radios are identical. Way to go Boston Acoustics!

Second Update, A Minor Consolation?

Ed S writes:

I bet they have found a way to stop the AM section from frying, and the loss of AM pre-sets with power interruption, although this doesn't justify the price increase of course. I believe this because BA finally gave me a Duo that seems to not have those 2 major problems, so far (about 10 months now). BA also calls it the "Duo Plus" now I think.

Comments

[Paul]

The specs are here:

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/solo_npa.pdf

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_II_npa.pdf

The manuals are here:

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_MAN.pdf

http://www.bostonacoustics.com/PDFs/Solo_II_MAN.pdf

And guess what? The two radios are identical. Way to go Boston Acoustics!

[Ed S.]

Paul,
I bet they have found a way to stop the AM section from frying, and the loss of AM pre-sets with power interruption, although this doesn't justify the price increase of course.
I believe this because BA finally gave me a Duo that seems to not have those 2 major problems, so far (about 10 months now).
BA also calls it the "Duo Plus" now I think.

[Tom Welch]

The difference between these two radios is $50.00.