Had the 8500 I love the to two icoms like sdr display but I bought the icr 705 for its display swl for 40 years also have aor 6000 aor 8600 and the yaesu frg-100 👍
I have the Icom IC-R75 and am very happy with it. However, I don't get to play with it very much. I think the IC-R8500 is a slightly older rig. The R8500 looks really nice and would look good in my shack, but like @eml3148 says below, I'll probably save my money. I still have to pay for my IC-R71A when it gets out of the repair shop. 73 Paul AA1SU