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Wm Pokora
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 10:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Can any one tell me what The best talking & reciving Radio . Old or new ?
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Tech808
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 2:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Wm Pokora,

On this question you will get many suggestions.

Then you forgot to mention BASE or MOBILE.

Then ANTENNA's come in to play.

A good Antenna can make even the smallest / cheapest radio sond good.

Then you have to know what kind of modifications you are going to do to Radio.

Super Swing, Power Mic, Peaked & Tuned, Pre-Amps, Modulation Modifications, Echo Boards & Many more.

Then you have to remember what sounds good to one person does not sound good to another.

Personally I like Ranger 2970DX, Voyage VR9000, HR2510,
Uniden, for Mobiles,

Bases I like Teaberry Stalker 202, Ranger 2995 DX, Texas Ranger 696F SSB, President & Uniden WASHINGTON's,

You should be reading post's on this question for the next year or so.



But that is what makes this FORUM FUN!

Lon
tech808
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Wm Pokora
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 3:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Thanks Lon I just wanted to see what was out there Base/mobile/ Ants.Amps. just for Fun. Bill
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Taz
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 6:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The best talking CB is the cobra 2000
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HoosierCardinal
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 8:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Or a Cobra 142GTL!
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bruce
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Too bad the titan 485 / mag 257 isnt a CB set its the best sounding radio out of the box made ( HINT HINT )
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Karatebutcher
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 9:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Taz I have the Cobra 139XLR base radio, what do you think of them? I bought it new in 1977 still really gets out there, good on ssb, put a D104 TUG8 stand .Not a scratch on it, look at picture I sent you.
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Bigbob
Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 10:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I say the old President Washington,so there.
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Taz
Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 12:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Karatebutcher, the 139 is a great radio. Easy to mod and fun to work on.

I didnt get a picture from you.

Bigbob, the washington is also a great radio! But I think I would take the 2000.
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Wyatt_Earp
Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 3:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Any of the old Cobra's or Uniden's.
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123upmichigan
Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
bah, i have had both 200 and washington and on am the 2000 is the better preformer and on ssb washigton is the shiz!! i mean an am it is close but for ssb their is no comparison. but the best? they might have been 15 years ago but times have changed my freinds! a good president 2510/lincoln will talk with the big boys.. i.e. kenwoods, yeasu, icom,s and alinco.. on the ten meter they always think i am running a big dog.lol rangers are close but just to not have the same quality of audio. well just an opinion from the sticks... 123 upper michigan
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HoosierCardinal
Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 1:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
How about a Ranger AR 3500 or a 3300? I have the 100 watter of the 3500 and it is the cats A&& on SSB and AM is ok but it has a little too much receive audio for my taste..
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Taz
Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 5:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
guys, he said CB not 10 meter or export.


CB!
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123upmichigan
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 7:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
allright the best talking one i have ever heard cb? not doing channels or nothing... the best talker was a cobra 139xlr with new finals and a new modulation tranformer. it was wired to a slitronix 90 vfo and this old radio done right holds good competition with all the export big boys.. 123 upper michigan
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bruce
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 7:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
TAZ
EXCEPT for me whos running one?
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Taz
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 3:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
haha bruce, who knows anymore. But bullseye is going to be soon I guess.
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bruce
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 7:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
TAZ im selling pacific frount homes in arazona to all of them who run stock unmodified cb sets ha ha ha
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Karatebutcher
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 9:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
YES 123 upper Michigan, lets hear it for my Cobra 139 XLR, when I got it new out of the box, it was the talk of the area,
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Taz
Posted on Monday, October 21, 2002 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
bruce, your sick
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bruce
Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 10:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
No not sick crainaly challenged
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shadow 804
Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I Kind Of Like My Galaxy DX 2527 With The X-Force HD60012 Behind It. You Can't Go Wrong With 1600 Watts. 8ZERO4.
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Taz
Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 9:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
hahaha
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highboy
Posted on Friday, November 01, 2002 - 8:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
would someone out there please let me know where i can get operating instructions for the eagle tomahawk. Thanks
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Midnight
Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2002 - 11:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
come on boys and girls the best is still the old tube type radios but they are collectors not to many in use any more like my Tram D-201 or my D201a,put alittle power behind these or not and talk about anywhere if conditions are rolling. Oh I do have the power,browing 180,maverick 250 and so on...ha!ha! Have fun and keep talking.73's the midnight(244)
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bullet
Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2002 - 2:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
browning golden eagles markIII or markIv
awesome rigs that sound BIG and clear on both ends.
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bruce
Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2002 - 4:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Midnight

The same thing is said about 23 vers 40 ch radios the fact is a well designed solid state radio is far better that tube ones. Tubes due have some advantages as far as overload but " Talkpower" wise the new 40's if they gave them any thought at all are far better. I run a unmodified titan on 10 meters and corectly tuned it sounds as good as anything on the air. For almost 20 years i ran a 75A2 and HT-37 nice but as big as a house but even my alinco dx-70 walks circles around them and it is 1/20 the size. I know everyone would like to beleve the FCC wanted to cut down on modulation with limiters but thats not true. The problem is how well the limiters work and how much cost and efford the manufacture put into the set. Tubes are dead even though a few audio nits are tring to revive them they are in rigor morits and may hang around but will never come back. Not that some older sets are nice your is but lots of newer ones are too just like lots of older ones were and are junk.
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Twa77
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 7:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
anything BUILT by uniden. remember it was uniden that made cobra famous. it really bugs me when people say that cobra is better than uniden.
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Galaxyraider
Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 9:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
For a strictly stock CB. The Browning Golden Eagle is tops. What it could do with Tubes versus todays transistor units is still respected today for overall performance.
My second favorite is a rare unheard of International Crystal 100. I wish I'd have kept it.
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CM 3885
Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 4:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
CPI 2000! Super cool rig~!
Man i wish i could find one thats not for sale for a half a million dollars(or so it seems)!!!!
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Highlander
Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Stoner Pro-40 SSB!
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CM 3885
Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 4:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Stoner! LOL!! I like that name!!!
Wonder if anyone ever got stoned on their stoner radio??
"like hey man, ive got a stoner radio! Wanna come and get stoned on my radio?" LOL!!!!!
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Sparkomatic
Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 8:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I have not heard any louder radios than a properly modded Cobra 148/2000. There are a lot of killer exports but they fall short of the 148/2000s heavy audio.
The Connex 4800 is the loudest Export I've heard.....The Delta Force is great too.
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Catmankzza1806
Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 6:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Connex3300hp or General Lee same radio. General just cost less. Loud radio and great receive.
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Stumpjumper
Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 9:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I personally like my Connex 3300HP. It will get out there and it sounds just as good as the others I have heard people talking on.
Got echo slections, AM, FM, PA, NBL, hi, lo band etc, etc.
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Bigbob
Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 10:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
My DX2517,and a very small part of the band switch is 10-meters,primarily 11-meters and this rig is LOUD and CLEAR on the other end,it sounds like those am stations that run 125%positive modulation,it's just uncanny,it must have one helluva audio amp.
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Devildog
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 7:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Cobra 148 gtl, And not the new versions. Wish I never got rid of mine now :(
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sandbagger
Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 4:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
DEVIL, I made that mistake. I sold my OLD 148 to a ying yang of a freind and that was that, The best radio I ever had was the 148 next to my A. Jackson (silver face)
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CM 3885
Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 7:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
OOOOKKKKK.
Cobra 29 ltd and ltd classic, cobra 146 gtl, cobra 148 GTL, cobra 25 ltd and ltd classic, cobra 142 gtl, cobra 139 xlr, cobra 2000 gtl. All older stuff but my faves of all time for domestic CB radios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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XLAXX
Posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 6:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Finally decided to chime in one this and I must agree that the Cobra 148 GTL is a sweet little radio. Got mine back from 307 and this rig cooks. No complaints and nothing but great reports on the audio. Old Cobras with Uniden boards have got the best audio,... that's why I bought this one. It was used but looked like a champ,...a diamond in the rough.

XLAXX
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CM 3885
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 4:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Any older Cobras before 1996 are my faves!! I love the audio! I often woner how much money Cobra lost when they started the sound trakker deal and just about everyone walked away? One guy i know that runs a CB shop bought 5 new cobra 148 GTL ST back in 1997 and every one of them was retuned in 2 monthst and the onwers got galaxys.
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Mr_Rf
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 6:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Mercy Me...too many snowed Corba fans out there. lol

An "un-modified" GE Superbase by far the best bang for the buck!
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bruce
Posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 9:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Mr RF

I just bought the cobra 75wx now it seems because i have little choice of what will fit in the small car im driving to work well. Question i cant see any change with the "soundtracker " it seems only to distort strong stations... since you dont seem impressed with these radios whats the scoop on this ??? is it a form of DSP or just more BU**?
Bruce
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Mr_Rf
Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Bruce, you mean to address ur previous to CM 3885?

I have no idea about the soundtracker stuff. It does appear to be DSP based from their adds but I suspect it would be hard pressed to match the performance of the DSP-599zx that I use.

Anyway I have always been impressed with the GE Superbases...never heard one waiver below "excellent" in the TX mod department. I have heard some marked differences in TX mod of some Cobra radios. Guess I just like Superbases!

Mr_RF

by-the-way...whatever happened to plate modulated transmitter technology! Some of these "Psuedo AM" modulated radios sound lously!!! Ahhhh, the days of RCA and Harris XMTRs running plate modulated 4-1000 pairs for RF and Aural. Ole Archie Bunker never sang it better...those were the days!
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bruce
Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 4:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
They have a new life between 29.0 - 29.2 Nothing like class b plate modulated with screen taps on the modulation transformer .... negitive feedback and REAL negitive peak cliping!
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CM 3885
Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 2:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The GE superbase!!! Awesome radio!!!!!
I saw one at a yardsale once for 50.00 once but i pased it up...
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Mr_Rf
Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 10:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ahhh,the ever so faint orange plate glow of a Russian 4-1000 in AM mode. Sweeeeeeet!!!
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Chris142
Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 7:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
My Galaxy 959 with a RK56 mic is totally clear, no distortion or other nasties. I have had many good comments about how it sounds.
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bbcomm
Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 10:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
in my opinion the COBRA 2000 GTL is the BEST all around base station hands down


BEST receiver(dual conversion)=very sensitive yet good on bleedover.

Great audio and transmit (after tweaking)of course.
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Allagator
Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2003 - 3:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
ok now im gona go with the old president ax44 it is just as loud as my connex 3300 , vr 9000 and my hr2510 !!! lol
but no ssb .
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bruce
Posted on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 2:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Mr RF

Back in my younger crazy days in the 60's I built a plate modulated 829b 2 meter transmitter. The nicest sight i can think of is when that 829 was being driven right and modulated at 100% you could see the white hot grid through the red hot plate ... with that nice blue glow that twinkled as you talked!
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Mr_Rf
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Bruce, right now I am missing my broadcast days! glowing tubes, fryed squirrel in loading coils, stuck antenna amp meters in doghouse, water in the burried hardline! mmmmmmmm ahhhhhhh

No, wait, what's wrong with me...being woke up in the middle of the night cause the DJ forgot to wait for the filaments to warm up, yearly Proofs, Once-a-week logbook duty, tower lights...NAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I don't really miss it. What was I thinking about! lol
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bruce
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 9:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Do you remember the tunson filimants and burning tubes at higher temps to get the Junk off the filaments and bring up emishion AH the good old days! O by the way i have a grid leak pan ( with stoper ) ready for my next trip into the past .... hey need any heptodes?
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Sal
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 5:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
HI I BERLY PURCHASED A WASHINGTON BASE AND IM NEW TO THIS IS THIS A GOOD RADIO
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Alsworld
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 8:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Sal, yes that is a very good radio. If it works good, then you will be the envy of many as they are getting harder to find. Enjoy.

Alsworld
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Boxcar
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 8:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
You guys ever put a mod kit in a old cobra 29 ltd classic? Barefoot I got mine to dead a half watt and swing to 25 and running a little fire to the wire, I got it to dead key 20 and swing to 650. Probably why my neighbor hates me now so I've shelled out some cash in filters but oh well, all fair in love and war........i mean cb's.
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Wolverine
Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 2:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I might be somewhat biased, but I definetely would say the Uniden 78 LTW, with a D104 M6B power mike.
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exgi
Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 1:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Old or new??
OLD Lafayette SSB-140(with extra ch added)
NEW 2980 WX (with mods)
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Crafter
Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 8:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Sal those upd858 PLL's are nice for conversions.
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Orion
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 10:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I've expressed in other areas of this forum that the Cobra 2000GTL I had was the best audio I'd ever witnessed. I've also talked about how much I regret having "ants in my pants" and selling it about 10 years ago. Well, wishing I never sold it the most sickening thing happened. I'm using my friend's GrantXL and get a radio check from this guy about 15 miles away. Ends up he's the third owner of what was MY RADIO! He sounded so good it made me sick. He seemed a pretty good guy but it made me think of an intolerable scenario: imagine selling a killer radio only to have it come back and pummel you with abuse, splash, etc;.. Radio's and motorcycles.. always get bored at the sight of what you've got, sell them, and then appreciate what you had "years ago..". Aint that the story with everything in life...