Best I've heard, seen, and used - could still use some improvement

Great clock radio. Almost gave it a 5 star rating. | Sangean WR-2 Digital AM/FM Tabletop Radio, Black

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highly recommended

Fantastic Radio

I did a lot of research, both online and in stores. This little baby by far has the best sound, and a really good AM tuner. I love it. Bought a white one. Then I bought another as an xmas gift for my sister. Then I bought a black one for my bedside. Obviously, I love this radio. You will, too.

Best I've heard, seen, and used - could still use some improvement

I bought this WR-2 to replace a 10-year-old bulletproof Panasonic that had horrible sound quality and a distinct lack of style.

The positives of the WR-2: brilliant sound quality with excellent high clarity and clear, tight bass, excellent digital tuning (great discrimination) with presets, a large display, RDS, ability to use an external antenna, 12VDC input-capable, built-in 6 minutes of clock retention and an hour of settings retention in case you unplug it (no batteries required), line-in for your iPod, and it just looks beautiful in piano-black. It's also built like a tank - it weighs nearly six pounds!

One neutral feature: it's much bigger than you might be used to for a clock-radio. I'm already used to it after a week - it's another piece of furniture, frankly.

Nitpicks: The display backlight, even on the lowest setting, is much too bright for night - the only remaining option is to shut it off, which means you can't see the clock. An elegant solution would have been to reverse the LCD display (make the text illuminated rather than the background), which would reduce the overall brightness (but still allow it to be clearly visible even in bright light) and, frankly, make it more attractive, too. Even better would have been to make the display a matrix LCD or VFD display (made up of pixels rather than the preconfigured LCD sections) - take a look at the Slim Devices Squeezebox, for example - this would have allowed all sorts of interesting visual features, such as cleaning up all the icons I don't care about and instead displaying just a large clock display. Sure, it would have cost a bit more in electronics, but this is my biggest beef with this unit, since I need near-absolute-darkness to sleep well; I'd gladly have paid $50 more for the extra innards needed to have made this happen. The easiest and cheapest solution would just have been to add another level of brightness underneath the existing lowest level. Next, it would be nice if Sangean made a matching piano-black second speaker to place, say, on the bedstand on the opposite side of the bed to make it a stereo unit - refer to the companion speakers you can buy for the super-expensive Tivoli units, one of which even gives a second alarm clock for your companion. Next, the tuning dial could stick out a little more - it's a bit difficult to grasp with just the tips of your fingers. Finally, some simple features are needlessly complicated. I'm sure I'm not alone in needing to wake up early during the week, and wanting to turn off the alarm on the weekends. On the old Panasonic, flick one switch. On this unit, it's a four-step process which involves turning the radio off, pressing a button, then holding another button, then pressing a third button until the setting you want is displayed, then hitting the second button again. Ridiculous. Some other features are similarly silly.

All in all, it isn't perfect, but it's pretty close - by far it's the best simple-feature clock-radio (i.e. without WiFi, MP3 CD/SD playback, and so on) I've ever heard, seen, or owned, and I do recommend it. My nitpicks above really are nitpicks, and I'm learning to deal with them - the product has no showstopper flaws.

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Great clock radio. Almost gave it a 5 star rating.

Everything about this clock radio is great except the brightness control. The LCD that displays the clock and radio stations is way too bright. I can not go to sleep with a light blasting in my face. I'm going to try to buy something that goes over the display and dims the light. Even if I can't dim the brightness enough, I will still keep the radio. For the money I don't think there is a clock radio out there that is as good as this one.
By the way, don't buy the Boston Acoustics Horizon Solo or it's predecesor. The functionality of the clock radio is insane. When I used the SLEEP feature with an AM station that works when SLEEP is off, I get a loud humming sound that drowns out the commentator.

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The best of the many I have tried.

I love listening to NPR in my Kitchen and have been searching for a radio that will pull in the two NPR stations that are available to me here in Charleston.

My first try was the Tivoli Model 1 from Henry Kloss. It was very attractive and worked fairly well for a short period of time. One day (after the warranty ran out) it just stopped and it still is dead. Piece of junk.....

Anyway, I digress. I have had this WR-2 now for 3 months and let me tell you, it is flawless. Great sound (better than the Tivoli), allows me to play my Ipod and it pull all of the available stations in if I use the auxiliary antenna. All in all, a great radio for a killer price. I cannot rate this as a clock radio but I don't think that this is it's primary purpose. Love this radio!

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Sangean distinguishes itself in the world market by combining technology and precision with quality and its orientation towards the needs of its customers. Most electrical distributors, dealers and radio specialists have Sangean products in their range. Thanks to this eye-catching characteristic, Sangean is the fastest growing market leader. Add to this the pleasant customer service and the reasonable guarantee conditions and it is clear why customers choose Sangean.PRODUCT FEATURES:Wooden cabinet;PLL Synthesized tuning system;RDS featuring clock time, alternative frequency, traffic information, station name, program type and EON (Enhancement of Network);Large easy to read multi-function LCD display;Clock and alarm (radio / buzzer);Rotary tuning and volume control;Rotary bass and treble control;10 memory presets (FM 5, AM/MW 5);3-inch 7-watt full range speaker with enlarged magnet;Bass compensation for rich bass;External F type FM antenna terminal;Optional external AM antenna terminal;Detachable power Cord;Aux in socket;Record out socket;Stereo headphones socket;12-Volt power adaptor socket for vehicle power;Multi-function infrared remote control.

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