Val's Review of the Sony ICF-M780SL

The Sony  ICF-M780SL has nothing special for those who are looking for DX receiver. It is very simple digital receiver without SSB,  without small 1kHz steps on SW, AM, without tone controls or filters.

The ICF-M780SL work from 220 Volts or 3C battery. My assumption is that this receiver has a DSP chip and works very similarly to DSP receivers from different brands.

The SW band has 5 kHz steps; the MW has 9 or 10 kHz tuning steps.

On all bands the receiver is very selective and a sensitive performer  (in  range of 5 kHz SW band, 10 kHz AM Band).

Speaker produces some bass, almost like in  a car, enjoyable for listening for many  hours. Each band has 5 memory pre-sets, sleep set timer and orange light on display for 5 sec or so .

Head phones are mono. There is no overload signals like Chinese DSP such as Tecsun, Grundig, to name two examples.

From Amazon.ge Sony cost me with everything $106 CA and came in one week to my home. In a few words,  I like this receiver. Sony  ICF-M780SL  is very good  receiver on all bands with excellent sound.

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Comments

[Keith Beesley]

Thanks for the review, Val.

[Martingdelfin]

Thanks for the review Val- Looking to purchase one this week here in Spain to add to my collection of Sonys and Sangeans.

[Ian]

I purchased one in Portugal . Every thing about it is wrong. Turning, reception and sound quality are rubbish. Returned to U.K. For two months. On my next visit I attempted to listen once more before I trashed it.... just in case I was mistaken the first time around. Plugged it in switched it on......nothing. Attempted to reset time.....nothing. Unplugged and tried again following the simple set up instruction....nothing. Basically this radio is an expensive piece of rubbish.

[herculodge]

Thanks for the heads up, Ian. A lot of Sony radios are dogs.

[Glenn Love]

Not a patch on my previous SWs like ICF-SW100S or even my old (1970) Barlow Wadley XCR-30 (still going strong even in this area of poor reception in E Cape,RSA.

[Michael]

Just purchased this radio. It is a fair radio, yes it isn't as good as equivalent Sony radios past. A tone control would have been nice, so far tonally slightly thin but it is new so might need 100hrs to loosen up a little, bass too light as yet. Evenings will pick out plenty of mw and lw though this depends on your location. Listening from East Yorkshire, Rte radio lw fine and continental stations found. It is not a specialist radio, more for a bedside cabinet or the shed at the bottom of your garden.