Excellent Radio.,
6/25/2010
Reviewer:
T Johnson
(Brooklyn Park, MN)
Setup and all adjustments are easy and quick. Sound quality is superb, especially with music from a docked iPod/iPhone. LCD is just a tad bright at night, even when set to it lowest setting. AM band reception is decent on strong local stations. FM band reception and sound quality are great. Overall, this is a great radio with nice features and nice, full-bodied sound on FM and iPod.
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Where the midrange?,
5/9/2010
Reviewer:
Tom Brusky
(Milwaukee, WI)
I was surprised at how the little radio produces such booming lows, and I was impressed with the exceptional clarity of the highs. But what the radio lacks, in my opinion, is everything in between.
The bass ports produce bass that's too boomy relative to the rest of the frequencies. It sounds impressive, but musically, it's quite overbearing. I had to loosely plug the rear bass ports in order to smooth out the low end.
The lack of midrange results in too much being lost in the music. Thank goodness my iPod has an EQ to help compensate. And with little midrange, AM radio is rendered virtually useless -- even with the treble all the way up, the bass all the way down, and the bass ports plugged, voice broadcasts on AM are so muddy, they border on unintelligible.
If you typically listen to your stereo with a smiley-faced EQ, you'll absolutely love this radio. But, as a recording engineer by trade, I prefer a flatter, more natural, full-range sound--where lows, mids, and highs are balanced relative to one another. If this radio simply had a wide-bandwidth midrange level control, it would be the cat's meow. But I'm afraid without that control, this radio is merely the lion's roar and the cricket's chirp.
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Balanced, clear, and crisp sound,
11/14/2009
Reviewer:
PatrickM
(Lethbridge, AB, Canada)
For radio this is excellent, one wonders if they are listening to a CD or not as the sound is very crisp. It's as if one is listening to an entire speaker set and one gets a full range of sound.
The Ipod dock is an added bonus, and sound reproduction is excellent. Some added features of Aux inputs are great if one has another brand of MP3 player or portable CD. Also great is the choice to wake up to Ipod.
I bought this as a music student with the intent of waking up to classical music every morning, and it puts a smile on my face. Makes mornings much more enjoyable.
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for ipod speakers...,
10/20/2009
For ipod speakers and not true component speakers, these are extremly good. i have owned thes over two months and i have not had a problem. the sound is very clear and crisp. i listen to just about all types of music and i love how i can adjust the bass and treble to get the perfect level for any song. if you can i would suggest getting dome good component speakers and a subwoofer, but these out do just about all of the ipos speakers i've heard
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Top Notch iPod Stereo System,
10/12/2009
Reviewer:
Andrew Fraser
(Saint Louis)
This is one of the best consumer electronics products I've ever purchased, period. It's very easy to set up and use, the sound quality is outstanding, it looks good, is the right size and the 360 snooze feature is great. I think you've got a real winner here and it should make the folks at Bose nervous.
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