{"id":11744,"date":"2014-12-17T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2014-12-17T10:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T14:02:17","slug":"tecsun-pl-680-could-be-available-in-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/tecsun-pl-680-could-be-available-in-january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-680 could be available in January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Steve, who writes:<\/p>\n

Anna from Anon-co (eBay seller)<\/a> sent me this little tidbit of info on the PL-680 […]\u00a0I thought I would pass it along given your interest. At least we know it is a real product and could be available as early as next month.<\/p>\n

[From Anna:]<\/p>\n

“The PL-680 I believe may be available mid-January, but this is still an estimation. As far as I can say at this moment, I believe it is a model very similar to the PL-660, but with a different outlook (similar to PL-600). Whether there are any other changes like the speaker or performance wise I don’t know at the moment. We’ll have to wait for a little while still. I also don’t have a price indication yet, so this too takes some time still.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll buy the PL-680 as soon as it’s available\u00a0and review it. It’ll be interesting to see how it compares–performance-wise–with its older siblings: the PL-660 and PL-880. My hunch is that it’s simply a cosmetic re-design of the PL-660, with a few tweaks perhaps. I find it so interesting that Tecsun\u00a0borrowed from the design of the PL-600<\/a>–a radio that’s been on the market for several years. In truth, I’ve always preferred the body design of the PL-600 over the PL-660.<\/p>\n

We’ll post all updates with the tag: PL-680<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Steve, who writes: Anna from Anon-co (eBay seller) sent me this little tidbit of info on the PL-680 […]\u00a0I thought I would pass it along given your interest. At least we know it is a real product and could be available as early as next month. [From Anna:] “The […]<\/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":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[2749,3457,479,3456],"class_list":["post-11744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-anon-co","tag-pl-680","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-680"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-33q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12251,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/the-tecsun-pl-680-now-shipping\/","url_meta":{"origin":11744,"position":0},"title":"The Tecsun PL-680 now shipping","author":"Thomas","date":"February 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Steve, writes: Anna [at Anon-Co] has the PL-680 in stock according to a email I received from her this morning. 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