[Premium-Rx] Help choosing HF receiver

[Enrique Fernandez García]

 Hello William,

 Thanks for adding the Cubic, yes I have read about it and everybody agrees that it has a very pleasant sound , I do not know about the audio recovery.

 I would go for the CDR-3280 , EK895 or the Racal 3701. Regrettably, grab a Cubic in Europe is almost impossible, I will keep an eye on ebay.

 A CDR-3250 review:

 https://www.fenu-radio.ch/Cubic_CDR-3250-en.htm


     En lunes, 3 de julio de 2023, 21:35:16 CEST, William Schaffner <pjxii at yahoo.com> escribió:  
 
  Since no one commented on the Cubic, and as that is the only receiver in this entire discussion which I have actually used (really, I have the CDR-3250 which is the same receiver in full rack cabinet), I must say that it has the best audio of any HF radio which I've owned.   That may not be saying much compared to most here, as it's the only professional receiver that I've owned, but of the dozens of consumer level rigs that have passed through here it's the winner.
    On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 04:34:36 PM EDT, Enrique Fernandez García via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net> wrote:  
 
 Dear group,

After having some conventional receivers, Drakes, Lowe, AOR and a Winradio SDR I have decided to make a step further and geting a professional receiver, although I had already got a Racal 1772 and for my taste it was quite noisy.

I would be very pleased if the members of this forum could indicate me in the right direction and throw some light in which receiver to choose since I am a bit confused in this aspect.

I am mainly interested in voice signals, not digital modes, mainly BCB and SWL, digging tropical band stations out of the mud so audio recovery and audio in general is quite important.

After surfing the web and readind on eham and in forums, I have in mind these receivers (in no special order):

 -Racal 3791, but it is said that the audio is not as pleasant as the RA 3701.
 -Racal 3701, on the contrary of the DSP version RA3791 is an analogic IF design  and as indicated before its sound is ways better but it does not have the additional independent IF BW options
- R&S EK895, with the quasi-continuous tuning fitted.
- WJ 8711A
- Cubic CDR-3280

 Any help and thoughts are very wellcomed. Any other receiver apart from the above?

 Thanks in advance
 Regards
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