The XHDATA D-808 portable is an AM-LW-FM-SW-SSB-AIR band model which has already been the subject of many excellent reviews. Until recently the model was not marketed to North American purchasers, but recently a couple of Chinese sellers have started soliciting North American buyers via eBay listings .. I have recently bought the xhdata D808. It has significant hiss at zero volume through headphones. Fortunately the hiss is constant and does not increase with volume. I figured out below 2 solutions without opening up the radio. Solution 1: Use a battery operated headphone amp. Keeping the volume on radio to moderate/high use the volume on.
Comparing the XHdata D808 to the venerable Sony ICF 2002, and very buggy Grundig G3. All three radios are very good, but the XHdata wins when it comes to sensitivity, selectivity and clarity. It really brings in the weak stations. The instruction booklet is kind of ambiguous and written in very fine print, so save yourself the headache of.. I got my XHData D-808 a few days ago now and was going to submit a review straight away but I decided to give it a few days, just in-case there were differences. You see, the XHData D808, the Sihuadon D-808 and the Digitech AR-1780 are all the same radio and I have already done a review on the AR-1780.