That last paragraph under the AM section of the review was referring to 3.6 kHz bandwidth SSB reception. Long sentences with reverse syntax get us all the time. But you are right Steve, at that price you'd hope for a little better AM performance than it has, but as we have come to realize here on the AM Forum with all of the experienced receiver guys, there is no such thing as a receiver with no weak areas.
I re-checked Bob Sherwood’s site recently for new information, and he has a dissertation on the new DSP receivers having poorly implemented AGC action so far.
www.sherweng.com/documents/Dayton2007w.pptSo the new engineers have to learn some things yet about the behavior of radio circuitry and learn to use their own product and listen before shipping it out.
And like everything else with computers inside these days, the owner is burdened with a lifetime of firmware updating; new firmware revisions out already for the -9500!