[Premium-Rx] Icom R9000

[Shane White]

Lately I've often heard praise about the IC-R9000 and apart from the  
following two issues, I haven't heard of any other concerns -
1. Generates excessive heat
2. AM selectivity is only 3Kc, 9Kc and 15Kc

Is there anyone in this group who would recommend that I avoid buying  
an IC-R9000? Is there any proof that excessive heat causes damage?  
(I'm aware of Sherwood's cooling fan mod but I'd rather not tolerate  
the additional noise). I could live without the 6Kc bandwidth and the  
coverage to 2GHz would be nice. Is the HF performance compromised at  
all?

If I were to travel down the Icom path, a tough decision would be  
whether to spend $3K on an ICR9000 or probably $4K on an IC7600 when  
it is released, although the 9000 WITHOUT DSP may be the wiser choice.

Thanks,
Shane.