Pricey for this GE Super Radio. Should have bought one in the 1980s for sixty bucks.
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Posted by: Paul | October 10, 2013 at 08:03 AM
Nice maybe for a serious collector, but in my opinion it is too much to pay for sentiment. If you just want to listen to radio, there are lots of good choices. In the countertop-portable category, a CCRadio-EP is chock full o' analogue-sentimentality, and for $80 beats the GE for raw AM sensitivity and selectivity. Or go digital and get a Sangean PRD5 with RDS for just under $70. Want shortwave? A CCRadio-SW is probably also a better all-round radio than the GE and is $140.
Posted by: RadioFlynn | October 10, 2013 at 10:34 AM
I'm wondering how the SRII stacks up against the CCrane2E, now that the latter has been essentially maxed out in every category..
Posted by: StarHalo | October 10, 2013 at 11:03 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Multi-Band-AC-DC-Radio-AM-FM-CB-Citizens-Band-FREE-SHIPPING-/151140910549#ht_681wt_924
Here you go. Under thirty bucks. Much less common than the SRII (I dare say, "rare."). It might not perform as well, but it takes up less space, looks funkier and you get an extra band!
Posted by: Angelo | October 10, 2013 at 01:04 PM
If I had that kinda bread to throw around I'd jump on it.
Yes, you can get a CC for less, but they overload in relatively strong RF.
There is a good reason why these radios are held in such high regard after all these years...performance. Yes, that much money is a bit of overkill (to say the least), but in all fairness it really is a top notch radio.
I'd be more apt to spend that much on a new RF-2200 or perhaps the first SR (I like the sound of the first one a bit more)....again if I had it. I don't..lol.
It's quite true that they don't build them like they used to.
Posted by: Drive-In-Freak | October 12, 2013 at 02:47 PM