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The kenwood 480's don't sound bad on AM either and I have gotten pretty good reports on my Icom 746 on AM as well.  Just how you set it up. But they truly aren't made for AM.  Yes they can be made to sound good, but it takes some time and the proper settings to get them to sound decent.  And also depends on other factors like stated above.  Just my 2 pennies worth. Also my Kenwood TS140s does a decent job on AM.  Keep the power ratio to 1:4, and set the mic gain and use a decent mic.  You have to set them up differently then you would when you are on SSB.  That is just what I have found.  I am surely no pro at this stuff, but by using the radios I have and experimenting with different settings I have been able to get a decent sound on AM. If I am wanting to just use AM I will break out my cobra 29 or one of the other AM radios I have and use one of them.  Can't have too many radios.:D:D