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 enlarge | Brand: Sangean
Category: CE
List Price: $99.95
Buy New: $87.84
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 3939
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 2 x 9 x 5
MPN: SNR
Model: SNR
UPC: 696714303003
EAN: 0696714303003
ASIN: B000GP5F04
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Radio everyone should have March 8, 2008
The radio is clear, crisp and the sound is terrific. You get what you pay for. This was well worth it.
An Exquisite Piece of Electronics March 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our new cats knocked my old Sony radio off of a shelf and broke it. I replaced it with the Sangean Sonido Radio and I couldn't be happier. It is everything the old radio was and more. It is solid and attractive and best of all has excellent sound quality for its place and purpose. I definitely got my money's worth. I only wish the cats had broken the old radio sooner.
Best AM Reception For Your Money! February 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had this radio for a week and the AM reception is outstanding,
even better than my Grundig G4000! It at least ties it for FM. The TV and
weather band are great too! I get all the weather stations in my area,
better than my walkman that only gets the local one. The TV band gets as many channels as my other TV radio, the Sangean DT220. It has a great sounding speaker too, my next best sounding radio, right behind my Boston Acoustics. The only thing I wish it had is more than 5 presets per band, but that's no big deal. The battery life is great too! I've been using it every day for a week and the battery indicator still reads full. I also like the aux input. So I'm using this as my new portable radio! This is definately one of the better radios out there.
Update: 3/9/08 After 2 weeks of use on batteries the battery indicator still reads almost full. This radio has very long battery life! It does real well on the AC cord too. No AC hum at all! I hooked it up to my cord a couple of days ago and am piping it through the speaker of my Boston Acoustics clock radio because the speaker has slightly better bass.
Great radio, great design February 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This radio is smartly designed, aesthetically pleasing, and super-functional. Crystal-clear reception (even AM), even in areas of my apartment where cell-phone reception is spotty. The manual is well written and edited, it takes 10 minutes to go through the whole thing and figure out how to use every function of the radio with confidence.
I work at a design museum, and am sort of programmed to see and evaluate form and function in all things around me. This radio is one of the nicest-looking and best-designed objects I've come across in a long time. Very highly recommended.
 Fine so far, but not exceptional given the positive reviews January 24, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I waited for this with great anticipation after reading the positive reviews. It is much larger and heftier in person that I thought it would be - especially with the large D sized batteries (It is replacing a Kaito portable that is about 1/8 the size of the Sonido.) I even went so far as to make a paper mock up of it before purchasing it to get a feel for its size. Unfortunately, the paper model was not able to replicate the heft. Of course, its size and weight make it feel like a high quality device and contributes to the great FM sound (more on that later).
I like to carry the radio when I walk the dog, so maybe this is a bit too big. I also use it around the house all the time, so it is less of an issue in that situation. I listen almost exclusively to sports radio (mostly Red Sox). In fact, I am a sports radio addict. Games or talk, I can't get enough. The AM reception is good, but I daresay that it is not better than my Kaito. The sound and reception on FM is great. But, since I listen to AM 90% of the time, this is not as critical for me. In AM, the voices sound a bit muddy and muffled. Sounds a bit like you have placed thick plastic wrap over the speaker grille. I wish there was a bass and treble control to sharpen up the voices a bit more. Bummer.
A couple of other things: The radio really ought to have a handle given its size and heft. If not a handle, then at least a rubber grip around the natural holding place. Also, I would like to see a lock button to prevent inadvertent changes to the stations or settings (especially since you often press buttons when moving the unit).
So, sorry to disappoint everyone. It just didn't measure up for my purposes. I will see how I feel about things in about a month and append to this review.
Appended to previous on 2/6:
So this radio is starting to grow on me. Since the Pats lost, I have been using the Sonido to listen to the primary updates on NPR. This thing is GREAT at getting in FM. Also, unlike just about all other portable digital radios, there is a display button that changes from station number to time and it stays on the time until you decided to change it back to the call numbers. Really handy since I don't carry a watch.
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