First of all let me say that I own just about 25 portable shortwave radios and probably almost as many SDR radios. I absolutely love shortwave listening. I also love the various modes on shortwave such as DRM, WeFAX, Numbers Stations, etc. Also you never know what you are going to hear.
Somewhere along the line I decided I wanted to get a dedicated tabletop receiver. Some of the old military grade stuff really intrigues me. Some of that stuff costs big bucks. The government seems to have pretty high standards for HF radios and that type of radio is highly desirable.
I like CCrane Radios. I probably shouldn’t because they are among some of the more expensive radios out there but I find them kind of hit or miss for the money.
I have a thing for Swiss Army knives and I’m a somewhat sporadic collector and sometimes modifier of them, and by that I mean changing the appearance of the scales.
I’ve since figured out you can do a WHOLE LOT MORE with a Tasmota flashed Sonoff S31. I figure there are two important things you’d want to know about an old refrigerator.
So sometimes a really good technology just never really takes off. A USB TV Tuner is just one such technology.