Hey just curious if anyone has suggestions. I have the airspy hf + discovery but don't even get a mhz. How is the SDRPlay? I see it gets 10mhz, but i worry it would let too much in...plus the bit depth is significantly lower. Maybe just another airspy? I dunno. I often find myself wanting to tune 2 different portions of the spectrum.
I just noticed this thread, so sorry for late response.
Since you ask about the SDRPlay, I use a SDRPay RSPdx and find it to be a very good receiver, assuming you have a decent antenna. It can display and record up to 10 Mhz slice of the band - more than enough to cover a single band - and covers all of the HF bands with no gaps - 1kHz-2Ghz. By using it with SDRUno, it serves me very well for reception. I also use it with SDR Console 3, with which I can record up to 10 MHz slice of the band and play it back later to find anything I've missed.
The dx SDRs have three antenna inputs - two sma for the full range and one BNC for frequencies up to 200Mhz. They are also have design improvements for use at frequencies below 2MHz. This makes them very useful for MW DXing.
If you want to tune 2 different portions of the spectrum, you could consider the SRDPlay Duo - it is essentially two tuners in one.
More on their range of SDRs here:
https://www.sdrplay.com/products/