Vintage radios are amazing, especially if you want to cater to their needs. With twins, I'm selling my vintages, including my super rare Panasonic RF-1130, sticking to my current radios. Most are junk but I have two favorites: For indoors, I love the Sangean WR-2. For outdoors, I love the Sangean U3.
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Overall, I prefer the sound and reception of my CCRadio-SW. In the kitchen I use a WR-2, which has somewhat better sound but worse reception than the CCR-SW.
Posted by: Gary | November 10, 2013 at 05:11 PM
I like the sound of my current CCR-SW. But earlier models sounded horrible.
Posted by: herculodge | November 10, 2013 at 06:12 PM
Do you still have your CCRadio-2?
Posted by: Gary | November 10, 2013 at 07:09 PM
I sold it a long time ago, Gary. Since then, Ed found me a CCR Plus on sale at Frye's for 10 dollars! I don't notice any difference between the two models. We use the CCR Plus in the girls' bathroom. I'm intrigued by the new CCR Enhanced version.
Posted by: herculodge | November 10, 2013 at 07:21 PM
I got to hear a CCRadio-2E the other day. It has a nice, crisp sound on AM, unlike the original CCRadio I bought in 1999 (which is probably similar to the CCR-Plus and CCR-2 in this regard). The bass and treble controls have quite a bit of effect on the CCR-2E. It has a very nice sound on FM as well, when the tone controls are adjusted appropriately.
Posted by: Gary | November 10, 2013 at 08:15 PM
I got rid of about a dozen radios that I hadn't listened to in several years. I kept my basic radios. When I'm really nostalgic I'll fire up my old Zenith 10S155 it's a floor model with a huge speaker and makes the oldies station sound awesome.(still have to refinish the cabinet).
There are four radios I just won't part with, The 10S155, Zenith Transoceanic Y600, Zenith 5G41 and my Icom R75.
The Transoceanic I found on eBay for $70 was in Mint condition. The 5G41 I found on Craig's list was a one owner and was in cosmetically perfect condition. After an overhaul it's a great radio. I made battery packs for both of them so they are portable, a little heavy though. There aren't too many SW radios out there that will out perform the Icom so after buying several portable SW radios and really not using them I sold them.
Posted by: Stan C | November 10, 2013 at 09:09 PM
I will probably list some radios on E-Bay at some point. It's work though---the whole process. I have to look through my radios to see what I have that is worth selling. I think the problem I'm going to encounter (similar to my watches) is that the ones that are valuable enough to be worthy of listing----I don't want to say goodbye to. And the ones I'm willing to dispatch----might not be worth the effort of listing, printing labels, shipping, etc., not to mention dealing with some buyer who is unreasonable with what they expect. It's a quandry. I guess I have to make some hard decisions and perhaps "release" some radios and watches that I'd rather keep.
Posted by: Angelo | November 11, 2013 at 06:49 AM
I agree with Angelo. I have 5 or 6 decent radios I hardly ever use, but it's just too much work to net maybe $300 for them after listing, packing, shipping, fees to Ebay, dealing with buyers, etc.
Posted by: Ken K. in NJ | November 11, 2013 at 09:00 AM
Ken and Angelo are very correct on those points, but my wife is trying to carve an emergency flashlight area in our living room closet; we're bursting at the seams in our tiny house and I refuse to store those radios in the garage.
Posted by: herculodge | November 11, 2013 at 09:33 AM
I have a large house that is also bursting at the seams----mostly with my kid's toys, but also with my things. Jeff: You also have a lot of value in that collection---should be able to clear a healthy amount of money. The yellow Telefunken is rare. The 888 isn't rare----but in good condition, those can fetch decent money too.
Posted by: Angelo | November 11, 2013 at 09:49 AM
How much space does she need for a flashlight?!
Posted by: StarHalo | November 11, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Various flashlights, lantern flashlights, batteries, cell-phone chargers, headband flashlights, winding solar radio flashlights, matches, candles, etc., etc.
Posted by: herculodge | November 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM
I'd rather ask for a bank loan or make a new room to store my radios than to sell them , that job is reserved for my son when I die... But IF I have to travel light then the only radio that I fetch is the CCRadioSW.
Posted by: Huesby | November 11, 2013 at 11:05 AM
Ah, tis the end of an era. Attention spans aren't what they used to be, when a stamp or radio collector might spend a lifetime amassing his collection. I just went to a an old house estate sale, where the now deceased gentleman had lovingly collected and repaired a garage-full of classic tube radios. Not my cup of tea, but his wall of radios was a testament to something that is no longer present in our generation and in our children.
Posted by: Ed S. | November 11, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Once my children grow up and I feel assured they won't snap an antenna, I might spend $400 or so on a mint refurbished Panasonic RF-2200.
Posted by: herculodge | November 11, 2013 at 12:14 PM