Not many DSP radios appeal to me, but this one, described by Tim, does:
Last week I received my Sangean CL-100 radio from Amazon. I haven't compared the sensitivity to other radios yet, but it seems to be at least average. I'm using it as a bedside radio, to replace my Sonido. I can say this, though: the sound is quite nice. I've turned the treble up all the way, and the bass about two-thirds. The tone is slightly mellow, but surprisingly rich for a compact radio.
AM sounds moderately clear, FM quite good. The general sound is substantially better than the Sonido. I would call it excellent - again, for a compact.
The programming is self-intuitive enough, although I did have to check the manual a couple of times. Welcome to the world of menu diving, as with everything else. If the Sangean 909X offers the same quality sound, I'll be thrilled.
Update:
Tom adds:
The reception on this radio should be excellent since it is a DSP-based radio. When I 1st read about this radio I thought it would be a bit of a sleeper.
I started thinking about getting an appealing DSP radio after reading this comment from Mark Roberts:
I would argue that the availability of DSP chips is a real game-changer, the biggest change in radio since digital tuning. It certainly is for FM reception -- no more front-end overload, the bane of relatively sensitive but cheap radios! The jury seems to be out for the other bands; there seem to be more variables in play. But for FM, most of my DSP-based cheap radios perform comparably to my mid-to-high-end NAD tuners.