{"id":9578,"date":"2014-05-12T09:02:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2014-05-12T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T13:10:12","slug":"mehmet-burk-reviews-the-degen-de660-and-de1126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/mehmet-burk-reviews-the-degen-de660-and-de1126\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehmet Burk reviews the Degen DE660 and DE1126"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00IO7YYQM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00IO7YYQM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;linkId=7CEUF7HQN6YOIVJK\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9579\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Degen-DE660.jpg\" alt=\"Degen-DE660\" width=\"141\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Degen-DE660.jpg 141w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Degen-DE660-47x100.jpg 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> reader,\u00a0Mehmet Burk, has apprised me of reviews he has published\u00a0of the Degen DE660 and DE1126.<\/p>\n<p>Until reading <a title=\"ReliefAnalysis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefanalysis.com\/2014\/05\/equipment-review-de660-and-1126.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mehmet&#8217;s review<\/a>, I was not aware of the <a title=\"The DE 660\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00IO7YYQM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00IO7YYQM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;linkId=7CEUF7HQN6YOIVJK\" target=\"_blank\">Degen DE660 (FM\/Blutooth\/MP3 player)<\/a>. He\u00a0states the DE660, <em>&#8220;<\/em><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><em>will fill a room or vehicle with outstanding sound quality.&#8221;<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">The DE660\u00a0could be an inexpensive alternative to the ubiquitous Bluetooth speaker&#8211;one that also sports FM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mehmet also gives the DE1126 good marks.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ReliefeAnalysis.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefanalysis.com\/2014\/05\/equipment-review-de660-and-1126.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the\u00a0DE660\/DE1126 reviews on Mehmet&#8217;s website, <em>ReliefAnalysis.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Mehmet Burk, has apprised me of reviews he has published\u00a0of the Degen DE660 and DE1126. Until reading Mehmet&#8217;s review, I was not aware of the Degen DE660 (FM\/Blutooth\/MP3 player). He\u00a0states the DE660, &#8220;will fill a room or vehicle with outstanding sound quality.&#8221; The DE660\u00a0could be an inexpensive alternative to the ubiquitous Bluetooth speaker&#8211;one [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,26,129],"tags":[2876,2875,2565,2566],"class_list":["post-9578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","tag-degen-de1126","tag-degen-de660","tag-mehmet-burk","tag-relief-analysis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2uu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8996,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/mehmet-burk-reviews-the-kaito-ka500-self-powered-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":9578,"position":0},"title":"Mehmet Burk reviews the Kaito KA550 self-powered radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Mehmet Burk of ReliefAnalysis.com\u00a0for sharing his most positive review of the Kaito KA550\u00a0self-powered shortwave radio. 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Interesting little radio, I haven\u2019t had a good chance to put it through its paces yet but my initial impressions are the radio seems well built and fairly intuitive to turn it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Degen-DE27","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE27-e1438270294366.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE27-e1438270294366.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE27-e1438270294366.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14218,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/degen-refreshes-shortwave-product-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":9578,"position":2},"title":"Degen refreshes shortwave product line","author":"Thomas","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul, who commented with a link to the new Degen DE221 \"ultralight\" radio: http:\/\/ebay.to\/1fKWZ2m Paul's link lead to the discovery of several new Degen models, in fact. Many of the new models have the same form factor--and a slightly different model number--from their predecessors.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Degen-DE221-001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Degen-DE221-001.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4387,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/the-degen-de1129-unboxed-initial-impressions\/","url_meta":{"origin":9578,"position":3},"title":"The Degen DE1129 unboxed: initial impressions","author":"Thomas","date":"September 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I received a sample Degen DE1129 from TecsunRadio.com, which is, to my knowledge, the only current distributor of this newest Degen. I paid extra for DHL shipping to get it quickly to my door, as I've been very curious how this new radio stacks up against\u00a0similarly-priced portables on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1-IMG_5111-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4639,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/degen-de1129-with-english-buttons-now-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":9578,"position":4},"title":"Degen DE1129 with English buttons, now on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An English labeled version of the Degen DE1129, which I recently reviewed, is now available from a Hong Kong Seller on eBay. It appears that pricing is $69 US with shipping. 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