You have to give C.Crane credit: They took their CC2, the leader in its class, and made it better with an FM ship and sound upgrades and now call it the CC2TE. They care about making the radio a better and better device. I can't think of another US company doing this. Tecsun and Kaito in China are making improvements, but I haven't seen a lot in speaker sound upgrades.
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Even though the CCRadio-2E is built in China by Sangean, it's true that C. Crane oversees the design. It took them four generations to get crisp AM sound (CCRadio, CCRadio Plus, CCRadio-2 and CCRadio-2E). I suspect Jay Allen's reviews and his discussions with Bob Crane have a lot to with the improvements found in the CCRadio-2E. It's good that C. Crane is listening and upgrading their designs accordingly.
It's too bad, and somewhat surprising, that the sound on AM of the Sangean PR-D15 isn't similarly improved over the PR-D5. I've heard that the PR-D15 is still very muffled sounding on AM.
Posted by: Gary | September 07, 2013 at 01:51 PM
Interesting looking radio:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/4003557914.html
Posted by: Paul | September 08, 2013 at 09:50 AM
To give an idea of the size of the radio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsqXWeMBXG0
Posted by: Paul | September 08, 2013 at 09:52 AM
Actually Sangean is listening and the PR-D15 added bass and treble controls that the PR-D5 didn't have. That was due to Universal Radios feedback to Sangean, who asks for their input on their radios.
Posted by: Paul Bodnar | September 08, 2013 at 04:42 PM
That's true, but unfortunately the PR-D15 still has very muffled sound on AM, unlike the CCRadio-2E.
Posted by: Gary | September 08, 2013 at 05:24 PM
Funny how this radio is not listed by Sangean as an own product. They are still selling the original PRD-3L here in Australia albeit without DSP, Wx, 2m, etc (doesn't even have a signal meter - c'mon people!).
That tells me that C.Crane would have paid a bob or two for getting Sangean to develop the unit specifically for them especially with their engineering input.
Posted by: Avo | September 09, 2013 at 07:57 PM