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<\/a>The ShouYu SY-X5<\/p><\/div>[Update:<\/strong> Check out our review of the SY-X5 by clicking here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n Thanks to Paul, I just found out about the ShouYu SY-X5<\/strong>: a new analog DSP-based shortwave radio with built-in MP3 player. Like the\u00a0Degen DE321<\/a>,\u00a0DE32<\/a>,\u00a0Kchibo KK-9803<\/a>\u00a0and the recently released Tecsun R-2010D<\/a>, the SY-X5 has a mechanical tuning mechanism powered by a Silicon Labs DSP chip.<\/p>\n I just purchased the ShouYu SY-X5 from this seller on eBay.<\/a> At a low price of $27 US, my expectations will be adjusted accordingly. My hopes are somewhat higher for the Tecsun R-2010D as Tecsun tends to do a better implementation of DSP chips than their competitors. Since I’ll be receiving both units within days of each other–and I still have the DE321 and DE32–I will certainly compare them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Update: Check out our review of the SY-X5 by clicking here.] Thanks to Paul, I just found out about the ShouYu SY-X5: a new analog DSP-based shortwave radio with built-in MP3 player. Like the\u00a0Degen DE321,\u00a0DE32,\u00a0Kchibo KK-9803\u00a0and the recently released Tecsun R-2010D, the SY-X5 has a mechanical tuning mechanism powered by a Silicon Labs DSP chip. […]<\/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":[1993,1992,1990,1989,1988,1991],"class_list":["post-6715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-analog-dsp-radio","tag-dsp","tag-shouyu","tag-shouyu-sy-x5","tag-silabs-si484x","tag-sy-x5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Kj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/the-shouyu-sy-dp-330-a-retro-x-bass-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":6715,"position":0},"title":"The ShouYu SY-DP-330: a retro, x-bass shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Professor recently sent me a link to the ShouYu SY-DP-330--stating it must be the \"big brother\" of the ShouYu SY-X5. 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There are other sellers<\/a>
\u00a0offering the SY-X5 on eBay, but their prices are almost double (with shipping from the US).<\/p>\n