I agree content leaves much to be desired these days, long distance or not. I
have echo type devices which can access most n. america stations
including many in other countries worldwide. In general if it has a web feed
it can be heard on them.
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018, Dane Trethowan wrote:
> Shame you feel that way as there???s plenty to recommend a radio such as this
> if you???re thinking from a content perspective.
> Actually one could argue that its probably better to be able to listen to
> long-distance radio given the rubbish some local city stations broadcast and
> then you???ll never know unless you try receiving these stations so therefore
> you???ll need something good to receive them on in the first place.
> So enter the CC EP Pro as a very good starting point for a most reasonable
> price.
> There aren???t too many radios that come near the CC EP Pro as far as
> performance these days and I???ve had my view confirmed when scanning about
> the band and listening to the set earlier this morning.
> Yes, you can go for all those vintage sets if you like as I myself have done
> but its really not worth the bother doing that unless you know someone in the
> repairs business.
> Let???s take the classic GE Super Radio version II, I got one in 1990 and I
> gave it away.
> Now suppose I was offered one of those sets today the question then arises,
> should I buy or should I settle for something else like a CC EP Pro? To me
> the answer is obvious, forget about the GE Super Radio and take the CC EP Pro.
> The GE Super Radio would most likely require an alignment and finding someone
> to do that may take some time.
> The CC EP Pro is as good as - if not a little better in some ways - as the GE
> Super radio was.
> The CC EP Pro is far quieter whereas the GE Super Radio was quite noisy in
> comparison.
> The CC EP Pro in my view has a definite performance edge when it comes to
> receiving those distant stations not only for the lack of noise but because
> of its pinpoint accurate DSP tuning, the CC EP Pro is about as selective a
> radio you???ll find anywhere.
> The GE Super radio may sound a little better but the amp isn???t much good
> and you???re not going to get much volume out of it.
> The CC EP Pro lacks a little bottom but does have a smaller speaker.
> So yes, whatever your listening habits - local or distant, AM or FM - then
> the CC EP Pro is certainly worth the look, I can???t remember the exact price
> of the radio now - I obviously pad to pay quite a bit more to have the unit
> shipped to Australia -, the price is well under a hundred US dollars.
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> > On 11 Oct 2018, at 4:09 am, Howard Traxler <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Sure would have been nice to have this radio (or something like it) 60
> > years ago. I'm not convinced that there's anything out there worth having
> > a good radio for.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 8:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued
> >
> >
> > Hi is this A single conversion or A duel conversion radio?
> > And Do you have the cc radio 2 E and do you think that this one is better
> > than that set?
> >
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 7:21 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued
> >
> > Hi again!
> > I had the pleasure of receiving my CC EP Pro AM/FM radio around half an
> > hour ago so I???ve been able to do some quick testing of this unit.
> > Firstly for the price its an absolute bargain if you???re wanting a
> > modern-day ???Super Radio??? but the radio isn???t without some annoyances.
> > The first is with the sound, not much bottom but enough I guess, certainly
> > a lot of very nice crisp top.
> > You have to be extremely careful how you tune this radio, you can???t go
> > racing up and down the dial as you can with a standard analogue type radio.
> > The CC EP. is in fact a radio with an Analogue dial but tunes in steps of 9
> > or 10KHZ selectable and you can hear the radio step as you tune slowly up
> > or down the band.
> > If you tune too fast then you???ll miss hearing those weak signals and may
> > actually hear nothing at all if you tune at speed.
> > So that out of the way the other thing to remember is that you may not hear
> > a correct representation of the received signal when you first tune there,
> > this radio has some traits of that annoying Soft muting so wait a second of
> > two before passing judgement.
> > The next thing the user has to bare in mind is that the CC EP Pro - like
> > the former CC EP - has a tuneable ferrite twin coil antenna.
> > Normally leaving the tuning knob at its middle detent should give you
> > reasonable reception anywhere on the AM band but I have found that if
> > you???re prepared to tune about with this knob you can improve the
> > reception significantly, something you quickly get used to.
> > The next thing to note is that this radio is extremely directional, is that
> > good or bad? Well if you???re wanting to say nun out very weak stations
> > next to very strong one???s then the directionality of this portable is a
> > pure God Send and can make quite a dramatic difference.
> > What it also means is that you may have to move the radio around a little
> > bit to get optimal reception of your tuned station.
> > All that aside then the radio is still a pure joy to use, simple but yet
> > very affective at the job it was designed for, to enable the user to enjoy
> > both local and long distance AM/FM broadcast with a reasonable quality
> > sound not found on a lot of today???s radios.
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