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Also, the clock tends to run a little fast. While the white finish on the new unit will blend nicely with ceramic tile, the walnut finish is more attractive/appropriate for most applications. Having jacks for both auxiliary input and output is great, enabling mp3 player playback and recording. But I bought this as a radio - not a clock or alarm clock, so that's why I give it 5 stars. Separate backlight dimmer settings for ON and OFF is a nice feature. I just bought the WR-2 in white finish for a bathroom remodel that I am finishing up.
Reception on the AM band is very good - something missing in most radios for the last several decades. This radio is fairly heavy, which I think reflects it's quality.As has been mentioned in other reviews, it's not the most straightforward design for clock setting or other user settings - don't loose the manual. I already have one with walnut finish, purchased almost three years ago. The RDS is useful as well. The sound quality and features are about as good as you could find on a radio these days.
The remote works as intended, but is small and easily misplaced (I probably won't need it in the bathroom).
I was surprised by that. but inside, it is still the white radio. It is not. i thought that i got lucky, because it costs a little extra for the walnut color.
So obviously, amazon sent me a used radio even though it looks new from outside. This unit only has one speaker, even though the FM sound quality is pretty good, but you can buy a pretty good radio with CD player or tape player in one unit for less than $100. And the sound quality might even be better.And if you really want a good tabletop radio, just add 20 or 30 dollars more, buy yourself a HD radio, from what I read, the sound quality will be far more better. and you can get many more FM stations, too. I have heard enough about HD radio, so I saved enough gift certificates, and finally bought this "new" "digital" radio. when I opened the package from amazon.com. and i paid the price for a new radio. After all, it costs just as much as a HD radio.
This one has "digital" in the name, somehow, I thought that it is a HD radio. Then I tried to find a way to tune to those FM sub-stations, I can't find a way to do it. Therefore, I rate this radio a 3, it is just too expensive for a plain radio. They told me that this radio is not a HD radio.so I immediately packed the radio, and sent it back to amazon via UPS. there is probably an amazon center close by where i live, that is why somehow all those 5 preset radio stations are all in my local area. I got to the Sangean's web site, and called them.
I ordered a white one, but the package box is for the walnut color. The first thing that I noticed was the usual statics from AM radio stations. I did my search several times on amazon with different keywords to find what products they have. When I turned on the radio, all five preset buttons have already been set to my local radio stations. ---If you are thinking about buying a HD radio, don't buy this one.
Highly recommend. The sound quality is excellent and I love the bright readout. Did a great deal of research before purchasing this product. Am very, very satisfied.
Weird design for such a costly Taiwan made radio to have a button that looks like someone never finished coloring the plastic orange on button. Volume dial goes up to 60 on the dial but it's not much louder than when the dial is set a third lower at 40 on the volume dial. The small orange power-on button has a very bright white half moon glow on it. Rich deep bass sound but you never can crank up the volume if you want to blast a song. Like the white enclosure as it matches my white kitchen applicances where I moved the radio to. It's irriating at night as if some one has cracked open the bedroom door. Original purchase and this replacement that I received are both like this.
The I/O's on the rear of the unit offer a record-out jack, which the Receptor doesn't. I've owned the Boston Acoustics Receptor radio for about a year, and knew that any other competing table radio would have some big shoes to fill. In fact, given the choice to keep just one of these two, I'd go with the WR-2. That's entirely subjective, though, and at the end of the day, I'd love this radio regardless of what it looked like.The cost is absolutely a value for this radio, and I'm now trying to convince myself that there's somewhere else in the house that could use a great radio so I can buy another one.
The sound is full and abundant, and through this radio in aux mode, sounds terrific even if it's not in stereo.Perhaps my favorite feature on the WR-2, and what gives this an easy lead over the Receptor, is the full-function remote. You can set this unit up across the room from your bed and still use the remote to turn off the alarm in the morning.I bought the white finish model, and while is looks great, I've found myself wondering if the wood-finished one would've looked better. A far better use for this input, however, is a more robust device, say your DVD player via a simple RCA stereo-to-mono 1/8 inch plug. But that's to be expected.
the default tone settings). And, like just about everything else made today with this kind of input, the volume you get from your battery-operated audio device is silly; so soft you're required to turn both units up to at least 75% for audability. This Sangean WR-2, now for an even lower cost than the Receptor, is a more-than-adequate contender. I'm not sure I'll ever find the application and determination to use it, but it's a pleasure to know it's there.This unit, like just about everything else made today, has a standard 1/8 inch input jack that will play any audio device you can hook up to it, though marketed almost exclusively to MP3 players and iPods.
This WR-2 is a little bigger, but the finish and appearance more than compensate for that. The sound is amazing, even at flat EQ levels (i.e. But with a pretty impressive range of bass and treble adjustments, this unit provides very crisp sound with a substantive amount of bass to back it up.The RDS feature is charming, the clock and alarm options are on-par with with the Receptor, and the AM/FM reception is, in my very unscientific testing, the same as BA's radio.
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