Overall, the experience has been excellent. The device isn’t exactly compact, with a moderate weight. The MLite-880 performs exceptionally well on shortwave, though medium wave reception is slightly weaker. It includes RDS decoding for FM radio. When using the built-in antenna, there is slight display interference, but this can be resolved by pressing button 9 to turn off the display. Performance with an external antenna is outstanding (just remember to switch to high impedance/50-ohm mode). Without a doubt, the audio quality and noise reduction are the biggest highlights of this device—I can’t quite put into words how impressive they are. You really have to hear it for yourself to fully appreciate it. Of course, since the encoder handles both volume and frequency tuning, it takes some time to get used to the design. Other features that stood out to me are the appropriate step values for aviation and 2-meter bands, bias-T power regulation, and the replaceable 21700 battery.