Pros & Cons
Pros
The wood is still solid eight years later but has darkened in tone a bit as wood can over time, and i like that. It’s a classic and deserves to be. Bluetooth hooks right up.
Am/fm radio works well and picks up most radio stations clearly. Only 'complaint' is the inclusion of a telescoping antenna.
Cons
Fm tuner makes a fog horn sound when turned on. Radio is not voice-consistant.

Highlights
Quality
Admittedly, i don’t really use it for music, just npr, but the sound quality is great and it is easy to tune with its antenna.
Sound quality is wonderful, knobs are easy to use, the wood case is beautiful.
The tone quality is poor with too much lower frequencies and the radio does not have the mechanism to bring out the high frequencies.
The quality of the sound is good but it’s just not loud enough when bluetooth connected.
The sound quality reminds me of old school tube radio that i had hoped for.
Competitiveness
I went through multiple cc crane, sangean, and tec-sun radios to find one that has great sound, design simplicity, and ease of features.
This was our second try because originally neither of us wanted to pay that much money, so a few years ago i bought an offbrand... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The sound is very low when bluetooth connected to another device.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The quality of the sound is good but it’s just not loud enough when bluetooth connected.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bluetooth is sometimes slow to connect.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The tone quality is poor with too much lower frequencies and the radio does not have the mechanism to bring out the high frequencies.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The sound distorts at higher volumes.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For the price paid i expected a much higher quality unit.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not sure why i hesitated so long.
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It wasn't worth all the extra effort to buy/return the lesser brands/models.