Sangean SR-2Y Ultra Thin Pocket Size AM/FM Radio (Yellow)

by Sangean

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 1 x 3 inches ; 2.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006I5S6
• Item model number: SR2Y
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,844 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #72 in Electronics > Portable Audio & Video > Radios > Personal Radios
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

Ultra compact FM Stereo Radio / Includes Bud-type Stereo Headphones / Color: Yellow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent sound quality and reception, August 6, 2003

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Garrett Derner (Chicago IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sangean SR-2Y Ultra Thin Pocket Size AM/FM Radio (Yellow) (Electronics)

This is the best tiny radio I know of. I've tried others that are built into headphones (too heavy!) or strap onto the wrist (sound & reception less good) or that sell for cheap at the drugstore (awful reception).
From the suburbs it pulls in the NPR station just fine (some small radios don't).
I like that the tuner is analog, not digital. In my experience, the cheap digital tuners in other small radios cut in and out annoyingly on marginal stations.
Sounds great with better headphones (I use Grado SR80).
I lent it to my girlfriend and she kept saying, "It's so cute!"

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars After 6 years: My Review, November 6, 2008

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Robert Rush "RobBob" (NE Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sangean SR-2Y Ultra Thin Pocket Size AM/FM Radio (Yellow) (Electronics)

I bought this little radio from C. Crane Co. six years ago and it's still going strong. I have dropped it about every third day. I have left it outside in the rain a few times. I have probably torn up 50 pair of earbuds that were connected to it. I use it primarily to go to sleep, as my wife can't abide the sound of talk radio. I usually turn it on and stick it into the pillow case, sometimes it makes it all night and sometimes it gets jerked out.

Besides the ruggedness of the design, the components that would usually give you trouble were obviously top quality - I am speaking of the potentiometer (volume control) and the variable capacitor (tuning wheel).
Not the first hint of scratchiness in either.

Uses one AAA battery which can be easily changed in the dark, although at the volume level I use the battery will last a week or about 4 days 24-7.

The bad - Nothing really except: The tuning is sensitive, especially in the dark when I travel. At home, I usually keep it tuned to one station. When I travel, I usually get into bed and then realize I have to find a station, and if I am trying to tune into a faint station the tuning is easy to overshoot and with no visual reference (the dial isn't easy to see even with the light on), I have to hunt it down again.

This Sangean is as good as it gets for it's size; the AM reception is fantastic for the size, and the sound on FM is Big through good earphones.

I can honestly recommend this little radio, and unless you run over it or flush it down the toilet, it'll probably last you a lifetime. But, if I only wanted an FM receiver, I might consider something cheaper or an MP3 player with FM.

NOTE: I hadn't read the other reviews before I wrote this. Regarding the one star review: This is a very small radio. It will not receive signals that other radios can't. It uses the wire to the earphones as an FM antenna. The neat thing - it will receive MOST of the signals larger radios can...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little radio!, February 12, 2007

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Anonymous guy "Big guy" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sangean SR-2Y Ultra Thin Pocket Size AM/FM Radio (Yellow) (Electronics)

I've had mine for around 5 years and it's been great! I haven't used it all that much, I usually use my mp3 players, but when I want to listen to AM radio I listen at work. Like it says, it's the size and weight of a bic lighter. It's always had really good reception as far as I'm concerned. The only down side which took a star away is that it doesn't have digital tuning. This is the second one I've bought, I sold the other to a friend but missed it so much I had to buy it again, LOL! I recently misplaced it, and decided to upgrade to the Sangean DT-180 which is small and digital, but $20 more expensive. Sangean has a good reputation in radios, and I think they deserve it!