[Premium-Rx] Collins HF 2050

[Walter Salmaniw]

At 07:33 PM 6/20/2008, kkeller1 at comcast.net wrote:
>It will go down for certain.  They are not that highly though of or sought after for a number of reason.  That are better ones out there.  They also tend to run very hot.
> 

I certainly don't agree with that (the not highly thought of).  There were many firsts with this receiver, and the audio recovery from this first DSP receiver was, and still is, rather phenomenal.  Are there better?  That's for each of us to decide, but in my view, it's the sweetest sounding receiver I've ever owned.  I certainly preferred it to it's replacement, the Harris RF-590 series.  We all know about the heat problem....agree with you there.  Everything I've ever read about it (and from 25 years of Canadian military service) points towards a world class and revolutionary receiver for it's day.  Although prices have moderated, every time one shows up on eBay, the interest is definitely still there......Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC