I don't see what the complaints are against the 2000.  I compared both of
them, that is the 2000, Icom 746 pro and even played with a 756 pro 2,
although that was way out of my price class.  I really didn't see that
much difference.  I thought the d s p was a tiny bit better on the 746, but
not that much.  If I'd thought it was that much better, that is what I
would have picked.  I think Kenwood deserves high marks for making their
radios accessible.  I've owned a lot of radios since I got my general back
in 1968, and pretty much prefer Kenwood.  I think they've all kind of gone
down hill on uhf and vhf radios, but that is another subject.  Even many
commercial radios now use the quadrature detecter instead of a real
discriminator, but as I said, that is something else...

I love my 2000.
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr