4
out of 5
Best Performance in price range
Written By
Kit, Milford, CT on Sunday, October 12, 2008
I have purchased several HD radios and this unit has the best tuner and "geek" features. The other reviewers are correct: You do need to use the remote most often. The display can be set to dim or be dark (contrary to what another user reported). But the display itself does not lend itself to being a clock radio. That is correct, this Sangean is not an ergonomically-friendly clock radio. (For the bedroom, as an alarm clock, pick the HD clock radio radio with the big blue LED display).
This Sangean unit is the best I have seen in the price range, I recommend this as a table radio, but not so much as a bedroom alarm clock radio.
By the way, the telescoping antenna is nice, neat for orienting towards the station to which you are listening. But, a wire T-antennae performs better if you do not need to continually move it around.
The sensitivity, both AM and FM, outperforms the Sony (by far) and the other brand radio I also have. It is nice to see a radio still being made with real wood.
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3
out of 5
Sangean HD clock radio
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Ketly, Hyattsville, MD on Thursday, September 11, 2008
I like the sound clarity and ease of programming. So many HD stations from such a small beautiful radio. I admire the solid wood. I wish the background light would automatically dim and the numbers were larger.
I have to reach for my glasses to see the time ( blue on gray is not enough contrast). I wish my Sangean HD radio would display the time while radio was on, afterall this is supposed to be a CLOCK radio.
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3
out of 5
Decent radio, lousy clock
Written By
AnDrew, New York, NY on Monday, August 25, 2008
The positives:
1. beautiful light wood exterior, and it looks pretty nice sitting on my bedside table. The grill and controls are sort of pleasant looking too. It has a flat top so you can put a book on it.
2. good radio reception - I am in radio saturated New York City and I get a large number of analog channels that come in pretty well with the attached antennas. I also receive a large number of HD stations. It is pretty amazing.
The negatives are the clock display and the controls:
1. the display is hard to read, esp. without glasses at night. It's also way too bright even at the lowest uillumination setting. I turn it off and have a clock next to it.
2. Control via the dial is idiotic and frustrating. This radio has basically one button and one dial. Usually the dial is volume, but you can click thru the menu and get the dial to momentarily be tuning or running thru the presets. Setting a sleep for 30 minutes is pretty complex involving choosing a lot of counterintuitive steps.
3. The alarm is either radio or a beep - but the beep is pretty mild.
So in sum, I have a bedside radio and I am happy with it. The HD is great in my market area. On the slight downside - i give it 3 stars for these reasons - as a bedside radio it's a little hard to use without the remote, and it has a pretty mediocre alarm clock.
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out of 5
Sangean HDR-1
Written By
redbaron, Cincinnati, OH on Friday, May 25, 2007
I had high hopes for this radio, since Ive had Sangean radios before and they always had what we "ham" radio folks called a "hot front-end"....i.e., it was a sensitive receiver and very good. Not so with this unit nor the Sangean WR-1 radio (which has far too much bass, with NO bass or treble adjustments). This radio sounds much better than the WR-1 and at least has an equalizer; but, the FM reception is mediocre and the AM reception is TERRIBLE(my $10 clock radio does far better). And, I have yet to find any HD (Hybrid Digital) AM stations in my area. On top of all that, there is entirely too much reliance on the remote control, with only on-off, volume and tuning adjusted by the one and only control knob. The display is not the easiest to read and there are far too many menus to go through in order to set the alarm, etc. You would be much better off with the Boston Acoustics HD REceptor radio, which has two separate speakers so the stereo effect is enhanced. Having said all that, the Sangean HDR-1 is a beautiful-looking radio and when you are able to pull-in an HD FM signal, it truly is of superior quality to regular FM and I found myself listening to an FM HD station for a couple of hours as if I had never heard a radio before...really nice quality and the equalizer and wooden cabinet sound very nice. But this isnt a Bose and when I spend this kind of money on a table radio, I want something that can receive more signals. Oh, and there is an awful bright red "standby" indicator to let you know the radio is powered-off....how ridiculous.
Overall, this radio is not worth the price
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