I have two of them (both modified), but make no mistake, they are not of the caliber of most amateur receivers or transceivers. See the review forum for the 750 for more details. I accepted that before purchasing them.
Inside it is essentially a portable radio inside a "portatop" case. If you like stick-shift cars, you'll like riding the rf-gain a lot to avoid distortion on medium-strong ssb even with the built-in whip. While some don't mind this, others like myself have discovered is that the front-end actually holds up pretty well for a receiver in this price class, but the amount of rf-gain needed to lower medium-signal ssb distortion can be abnormally high, even for a portable. Thus, while riding the rf-gain is the usual solution, there IS a simple mod to take care of the issue that mostly occurs downstream of the front-end rf-amp.
And since I am also an avid VHF airband listener (no the 750 will not scan), I was frustrated at having to ride the rf-gain on airband - unless of course I wanted to wear out the gain pot in a week or so as there are plenty of weak-to-strong signals as the planes fly around.
Thus you'll find a love/hate review relationship for this rig all over the place.
The modification for AM/SSB overload is to attenuate the AM output level with a resistor coming from the Toshiba receiver chip on pin 18 to ground. Details/pics on how to do this can be seen on the Yahoo group for the 750, where I discovered it from another user - that is why I haven't posted pics here to give him due credit. It worked so well, I ended up with two of them! Essentially the mod reveals a wider dynamic range is possible.
It is an ok starter radio for sure - there is a lot of fun to be had, but you will be more intimately involved with it on an operational basis.