What all are you looking for in a radio?? How much power, SSB, other bands, and so on. This will help us help you in determining the best radio for your needs. As far as the 2 listed, one is an AM/FM radio with bands and one is a CB radio with SSB. Like posted different radios per say. The general lee will have more power and as far as audio I think a lot has to do with who does the work on the radios, there a lot of mods for the 979/959 radios, the right tech can make either of the radios you have listed have loud audio on am, but you lose ssb with one ( General lee), and the galaxy radios drift on ssb until they warm up and some still drift after that. You want a good radio that will do 50-100 watts, look at these 3 radios, optima MK3, magnum 257HP, and the Alinco sr8t, the alinco would be the best of the 3 I listed IMO as it's a real HF radio, the optima MK3 is built a bit better than the magnum 257HP, but I have not had an issue with mine so far after almost a year of daily use. The last radio would add to the list would be the uniden 980, they aren't a powerhouse but will do the job and they do sport some clean audio as well as a decent receive, you can get them at loves truck stop for $129. JMO and god bless