[stevehertz]

Personally I love the 'Grundig sound'. But in any case, they have tone controls there for us all to use, if there's too much bass, just turn it down! But they don't normally have a strident, peaky upper mid range as do a lot of portables. Also, having been a musician (in bands, solo) all my life, I do like a 'big sound', one that sounds more like a hifi (as much as one can expect) than a typical tinny portable. Not that Hackers and the like are tinny.