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April 12, 2013
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I received a brand-new G3 at the $47.21 price from Amazon on Saturday. It was sealed, and clearly not a return. This was my second G3 purchased from Amazon so far.
The first G3 I bought was around Christmas, a gift for my nephew who is 12. I tested it alongside my G5. I also tested my new $47 G3 alongside the same G5. Both G3's appear to have the same primary disadvantages in comparison with the G5:
-Tinny audio
-Less sensitivity on SW
-Tuning using the encoder is slower (more effort)
-Volume control range / resolution as described above (made me chuckle!)
The synchronous detection is a nice feature, but it doesn't work well enough or consistently enough for me. I have lots of other radios, so I don't particularly care.
I consider the G3 at that price kind of like a good value FM radio that also has some mixed bag of "fair" to "good" AM performance.
At some point I will compare the two G3's when I see my nephew again. Also a friend of mine bought one at the same price, but I have yet to hear if his was a dud or not. It'd be luck if we can get all three G3's together to see if they are consistent. We'll soon see.