Recently a reader sent me 5 radios he no longer uses and when I saw them I thought it would be fun to see how these would compare with modern radios made today. The radios are the Eton E5, Eton E100, Magnavox AW 3625/17, Radio Shack DX-375 and the Tecsun PL-660 which was only recently discontinued. Each represents a different stage of radio design history and as such they make an interesting study.

I still have my original Eton E5 and Tecsun PL-660. I previously owned an Eton E100 but had never seen the Magnavox AW 3625 (which I discovered is a rebadged Philips AE3625) or the Radio Shack DX-375 so I was eager to check them out and compare them with some of my current reference radios…some of the results were very interesting. Read Blast from the Past:

Jay Allen