Customer Reviews

TEAC R2 Premium Edition AM/FM Mono Clock/Radio (Black)

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Frankly nobody seems to care that most alarm clocks are complete eyesores. Teac comes out with this wonderful effort, including a backup rechargeable battery. However there is one major problem that seems to be cropping up everywhere nowadays:

The LED display! This thing barely has any contrast, so you really can't see it well at night. Also, even at the dim setting, it is like a flashlight. Instead of using a nice LED display with simple brightness settings, you get this indistinct display that lights up your whole room.

Teac, please put an LED display on this thing. The styling is great. The button placement is fine. As is, unless you wear a night mask, I really can't recommend this clock radio.

This radio has some very nice features to its credit---size, digital tuning, battery operation for portability,MP3 input,decent sound quality from the speaker, but the AM reception was horrible and the FM was not much better,even with the antenne. If your just interested in close local stations its fine. I purchase this mainly because of the portable use with the built in battery.After a week the battery would not hold a charge, I call customer service, and the tech told me the batteries were only meant to last a year????? I exchanged it for another r2, same battery problem same reception problems.

One feature not noted is...... when you hit snooze; it displays the word SNOOZE on the display until you turn the alarm off. This is nice for heavy sleepers like me. I like knowing that I did not accidentally turn off the alarm altogether by hitting the wrong button. If I awake in a panic after hitting snooze once or twice thinking I turned my alarm off in a stupor, I feel at peace when I see the word SNOOZE on the display.

TAEC makes great, solid, quality stuff (no, I do not work for TEAC). This unit is heavy, classy and sharp. It has a big snooze button that is easy to find, an adjustable wake volume that can be different than the last volume used, 10 pre-sets and the button to turn the alarm off is one of the back buttons, so it would very hard to accidentally turn it off. The display is dim enough not to bother me. It starts bright, and then dims to a soft blue.

It is super easy to program and the sound is very good too. It has bass and treble control so you can customize the sound a little. The rechargeable battery gives me piece of mind too. I know it will go off in the event of a power failure. I tried my iPod using the included AUX plug and it worked and sounded OK. I did not expect it to sound great, so am satisfied.

This is one hot looking clock and the features are well thought out, from the placement of the snooze and re-set buttons, the snooze display, the adjustable volume, rechargeable battery and programming. Perfect for what it is.

They are wonderful! I bought an extra one for my living room!

In case you haven't seen the photos, these are the units with the handle on the left side of the unit (from the front) with a round blue display on the right side of the face. They have a single speaker but the sound quality is superb. You can get a powerful sound out of them. I don't have any issues with the "click" settings for the volume - for me the change is gradual enough that I get the volume level I want. They really are solid pieces - metal cases with a powder-coat finish and solid rubber feet - just a very quality look and feel to them. They can be set for two separate alarms, and you can hook up an MP3 player, etc up to them for playback. The cord for this is included but is only about 6". I'd say radio reception is average - the same as I get from my other radios, and fine for me. I'm going to also use the second unit as an auxiliary speaker for my laptop. AND they have a built-in backup battery unit that is always charged up when it's plugged in. You can completely disengage the cord and use it as a portable radio out on the deck! One thing-if you need it really dark for sleeping you may not like these - the display is a pretty blue but gives off enough light that you don't want it facing you - it's pretty much a night light. The settings are straightforward but you do need to follow the instruction manual.

I checked them out at other vendors and they "list" for $169. They actually are even cheaper now than when I bought them - just under $50 from North Star Electronics through Amazon as of 01-23-2006. The rules say I can't list the URLs but you may want to look for the "no picture" listing for this better price!

if you care about the sound of your 'wake-up-call' then this is the one. It looks good, price is right. But I won't pay more than 100$ like the MSRP. The 'discounted' price that I got (below 60) is fair, I would buy another one.

Ignoring price difference I'd give this a good rating. I'd give excellent to the boston models.

This may only be problem with my unit:
Aux input has a hum problem.
The battery which came with it does not work. As soon as power is lost you lose all your settings. It uses a 7.2V teac nicad battery.
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They sent me a replacement battery which worked. But battery life is short. Radio reception is average. Speaker sound quality is very good.

I picked up one of these for our bedroom for twenty five (with a discount coupon). It's great looking radio with good reception and above average sound quality. It's also very easy to use and the built-in rechargable battery is a smart feature. Unfortunately, it has one critical flaw. The display is so bright that it's practically unusable at night time in a dark bedroom. Even in the dimmed state it lights up half the room. In addition, when the battery is charging, an extremely bright blue LED light (ever more overused in electronics these days) next to the power button keeps flashing until charging is complete. Unless you sleep in a very bright room (next to a street light) and have many night lights in your room, I would not recommend this radio. Perhaps a future R3 will replace the LED with an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust brightness. For the price I paid, I decided to keep it and use it in the garage.

I bought this radio because of the customer review about easy setup for setting the clock. Sound is good too. I like simple to understand instructions. Suits my needs.

To even call the Teac R2 AM/FM a radio is to do a disservice to real radios. It may look like a radio but in reality it's designed to best serve its owner more as an overpriced paperweight. Its AM reception was consistently somewhere between feeble and non-existent ... do not buy a Teac R2 radio if you want to listen to a station that has a broadcast tower more than two miles from where you live. It will not pick up any AM signal any further away than that. Moreover, what others have said about the "flashlight" like qualities of it's display module are also true. After nine months of trying make a go of it with this POS (which wouldn't even work properly when I added a Select-A-Tenna AM antenna to help it out) I've given up and gone to a C Crane CCRadioPlus.

While the product was a bit larger than I had anticipated, this clock/radio is absolutely perfect. My mother wanted a simple radio with no extra whistles and bells that would be easy for her to manipulate and this was exactly the item she wanted (I also bought one for myself). The price was reasonable, the handle on the side is convenient and the tuning dial and volume knob are the perfect size. The alarm, clock and memory settings are very easy to understand, the volume and sound is extraordinary for the size of the radio. iPod hookup is also quite nice, no complaints yet with the auxiliary use. The bright light takes a bit to get used to especially if used as a bedroom alarm clock but don't let it discourage you from purchase! Would highly recommend this item to others, A+ product