What we don't hear is how that manifests itself in everyday operating. What does low level DSP do or not do that the other radios with higher level DSP do?
It is interesting that in so many years with so many radios that you cannot quickly see the short comings of a 450. Selectivity is marginal at best on SSB, shape factor on CW is a wide 4 to 1 (even a old school analog 480 ...
I guess no one should pay 2 or 3 grand of even more for a good IF DSP because you think that 450 is as good as them dah....
Yeah, AF5CC, what makes you think your owning and operating MANY HF rigs during years of activity makes you as expert as someone who played with an FT-450 once at a ham store? Plus, your English is impeccable, and I prefer to trust opinions from people whose spelling and grammar are at a second-grade level. ;-)
I own both the 950 and the 480 now; I think the 950 is a vastly better performer. But I've only used the 480 for a few dozen contests and a few hundred mobile contacts. See, I've never spent a few minutes playing with a 480 in a ham store--THAT is where you REALLY learn what a rig is like. ;-) --ken