CLOSEOUT: Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio in Charcoal - Open Box

by Boston Acoustics

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B00021Y9P4
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,462 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 27, 2004

Customer Reviews

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A clock radio for grown ups.., December 31, 2004

By 

Dallas Electronics Fan (Dallas,TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CLOSEOUT: Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio in Charcoal - Open Box (Electronics)

It's a little pricey for a clock radio but it's easy on the eyes, has a good tuner and great sound quality. The build quality is subjectively very high. It has a nice heft and stays put on a bedside table. I find the sound quality as good or better than the Tivoli Pal but... it can sound a little boomy. There's a port in the back that can stuffed with a cotton ball to tame the bass. Regardless, I enjoy drifting off to the BBC more so than with the Tivoli. The added bass gives a little more warmth to voice. The only thing I find irritating about this is that there isn't an input for an external device. An mp3 player or cd player for example. It's a glaring omission for a clock radio at this price point. Bottom line, if you can live with out an input for external devices, you'll likely get many years of use out of this product.

UPDATE, ~05/01/2007: the radio continues to perform flawlessly. Another version of this radio was released by Boston Acoustics that has an aux input so if this is an important feature for you, be sure to buy the right model.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best radio reception on the market, March 24, 2005

By 

M. Klein - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CLOSEOUT: Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio in Charcoal - Open Box (Electronics)

This was billed as a radio with great reception, and this is one item that lives up to its billing. The FM reception is the best I've ever encountered on a table-top radio (and for that matter, for any stereo I've owned).

A word of caution though for those who like music that is heavy on the bass--this is too much of a good thing. I found the bass enhancemnt overpowering on music that was bass-heavy. Although it should affect the disco and rap lovers more than others, it is something to be aware of.

Since I don't fall into either category, all I can say is this radio is a marvel of engineering.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT SOUND - GREAT RECEPTION, June 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: CLOSEOUT: Boston Acoustics Recepter Radio in Charcoal - Open Box (Electronics)

This radio is hands down the best clock radio available in the world.

I love radios and own the Tivoli Model One, the CCradio, and now this one.

The sound quality AND reception on FM are great on this radio, and better than you will get on any Clock Radio. Probably any radio other than the Model One which is equal in reception on FM, and also has great sound.

But I did not expect the not only great reception, but amazing fidelity of the AM on this Boston Acoustics, which is better than it is on the Model One, and just as good as the Ccradio.

The best feature of this radio, is that you can mix AM and FM stations together in the presets, which are not from just 4 or 5 buttons, but in a rotating knob. You can put stations in any order, and have an FM station, than an AM, or any combination in the presets, and not have to change the band to AM and FM like in all other radios when using presets between the two.

Sleep functions, snooze that you can extend snooze periods just by how many times you hit the snooze button to add more snooze time, just a fantastic radio that you will never be sorry you purchased, and realize that the high price was well worth it.

Only a few decades ago, most people did not have stereo systems that sounded as good as this radio. Don't be fooled by it's size, the bass response on this tiny radio is as if it had a subwoofer attached to it.

Usually in a radio, the AM is an after thought and never any good, but the AM tuner in this radio had as much quality in design as the FM part.

Just listening to a voice of an announcer on an FM station will be enough to realize how amazing the sound is on this radio.

I will be buying more of these radios for other rooms of the house.

I still love the Tivoli Audio Model One. I, as many others, can not find a favorite between these two, they are both great in their own ways and I love both of them equally in sound and reception on the FM, but for a bedside radio, then THIS one is the winner hands down.

I took my Ccradio away from the bed, and replaced it with this one.

----------------additional comment:

After reading some other reviews, it seems some people don't appreciate the rich bass it provides. All you need to do, is stick a cotton ball in the bass port HOLE in the back of the unit, and it will eliminate the deep bass for you. But most people will really like it the way it is.