{"id":11128,"date":"2014-10-19T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T18:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11128"},"modified":"2014-10-19T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T00:23:03","slug":"close-outs-grundig-g2-and-radioshack-digital-recorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/close-outs-grundig-g2-and-radioshack-digital-recorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Close outs: Grundig G2 and RadioShack digital recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GrundigG2Front\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mike (K8RAT), who notes the\u00a0Grundig G2 is now being sold at close out pricing.<\/p>\n

Universal Radio is currently selling the G2 for $54.98<\/a>\u00a0while Amazon has a price of $52.95.<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the Grundig G2. It packs a lot of features and has good audio for the size, but tuning through the shortwave bands is somewhat cumbersome and the listener is limited to 5 kHz steps. Still, this radio also doubles as a stand-alone MP3 player and even records. FM reception is very good.<\/p>\n

\"RS-MP3-recorder\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[Update: See Ron’s comments about this digital recorder below before making a purchase. This recorder has a serious weakness.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also noted that Blinq.com<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> have a\u00a0Radio Shack 4GB Desktop Digital Voice Recorder (Model #1400214) on sale. While I’m not at all familiar with this recorder, the price is very attractive. It has a line-in (great for recording directly from a radio’s line out jack), SD card expansion, and very simple controls–reminiscent of old school cassette recorders.<\/p>\n

I have no idea how well it performs as there are very few reviews\u00a0on the ‘net, but with pricing in the $20-25 range, it seems like a bargain. I love the simple controls mounted on the face of the recorder.<\/p>\n

Blinq.com is selling the RadioShack recorder for $24.99<\/a> shipped, Amazon.com actually has one left (at time of posting) for $19.99.<\/a><\/p>\n

Has anyone ever used this digital recorder?<\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Ron, writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Stay away from the Radioshack digital recorder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It works fine, is set up just like a cassette recorder. And just like a cassette recorder the sound in mono-all on one side!”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks, Ron. \u00a0Yes, I would avoid the recorder knowing this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike (K8RAT), who notes the\u00a0Grundig G2 is now being sold at close out pricing. Universal Radio is currently selling the G2 for $54.98\u00a0while Amazon has a price of $52.95. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the Grundig G2. It packs a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26,43],"tags":[781,3326],"class_list":["post-11128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-grundig-g2","tag-radioshack-digital-voice-recorder-1400214"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Tu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12944,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/this-shortwave-listener-gives-the-grundig-g2-a-positive-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":11128,"position":0},"title":"This shortwave listener gives the Grundig G2 a positive review","author":"Thomas","date":"April 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Regarding the Grundig G2, SWLing Post reader \"Shortwave Listener 22007\" recently commented: I have owned this radio for about 2 months, here are the things I have noticed\u2026 The good: The G2 has shortwave reception almost matching that of my Tecsun PL880 The e-reader function works great for programming shortwave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GrundigG2Front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/GrundigG2Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/GrundigG2Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/GrundigG2Front.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/GrundigG2Front.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15366,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/final-day-share-a-photo-of-your-shack-or-listening-post-for-a-chance-to-win-a-grundig-g2\/","url_meta":{"origin":11128,"position":1},"title":"Final day: Share a photo of your shack or listening post for a chance to win a Grundig G2","author":"Thomas","date":"October 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the deadline\u00a0for our latest contest! 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