Customer Reviews

TEAC SL-D88 Clock Radio and CD Player

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I own a Bose clock radio and a Bose CD clock radio. When my daughter started college, I wanted to buy her a good CD clock radio, but didn't want to spend the money for another Bose. I searched long and hard. There weren't many good choices. I first bought an Emerson SmartSet CD Clock Radio. It turned out to have two defects: the CD didn't play and the forward button didn't function. I returned it and bought this one.

This radio was built with quality. The sound quality was quite good. Most importantly, everything works, which isn't a low standard given my experience with the other radio. It even has an plug for earphones. My daughter has had it for several months now, and she is very happy with it. I think this is the best CD clock radio that you can find under $300.

Needed a new radio for the office. The 'used and new' category offered one of these new in box for $104, so I bit, and am glad I did. Everything works as advertised, and the selectable-color lighted dial was a nice suprise. The analog tuner performs better than most clock radios, though not as well as the unit's bigger digital brothers (one of which I also own). The CD section works fine so far with commercial and home-burned discs.

If I had a complaint, it would be that the long wire FM antenna isn't detachable - It's not needed where I am and is currently rolled up under the unit. From a functional viewpoint, I'd rather have a digital tuner and an analog clock, but that wouldn't look as good - and looks are definitely a big part of the package.

This unit works fine and looks good. Noise is low enough it won't drive you (totally) nuts to listen through headphones, and everyone thinks the styling is -very- cool. It is! That's worth $104 any day. Right?

The color of the illuminated ring around the dial is selectable: seven fixed colors, including three shades of blue, two of green, one each of red and violet; also, my favorite option, is to have the color vary (never does red though); the illumination can also be powered off.

The set has a nice weight (it isn't light) and feel, like it is a quality piece of equipment.

However, the bass is boomy out of the box and there are no tone controls. I corrected the boominess by partially blocking the bass reflex ports with tissue--audio enthusiasts will know how to do this (don't try otherwise)--sound quality out of the box should be fine for non-enthusiasts.

Overall, I love this set.

Looked good, sounded good. Then I noticed the low-volume hum (60 Hz?) coming from the bass ports on the back. The lower you turn the volume, the louder the hum, though it was always very subtle. The more I tried to ignore it, the more annoying it became.

Repositioning the unit had no effect, nor did moving the cord or antenna or trying different modes (CD, radio, aux). The power cord has a two-pronged plug, and there was no way to ground the unit to see if that would solve the problem.

Since this was to be used right next to the bed and normally played at low volume, the hum was unacceptable, particularly at the price of this radio. Paying shipping to return the radio has also left a bad taste in my mouth.

Very disappointing.

This originally struck my eye as a nostalgist piece of electronic furniture. From its retro-era looking speaker covers right down to its mind blowing performance, this stereo is perfect for any any room.

It provides enough volume to fill a small office, the kitchen, or even the garage. I would call it an all-in-one package. You can play CD's, listen to the radio, and even plug your ipod into the input jack if need be. But the thing I like most about this stereo is that it feels like it's stright out of the 60's. The analog clock has a color changing illuminating light which surrounds it and gives it a little pizazz.

All in all I would recommend this clock/alarm/CD player/ "ham radio" to whomever is looking for a good price and a better product.

It feels heavy and very well made. It has great sound, simple controls and overall one of the best table clock radios/CD around. My only complaint is, it does not offer a digital tuner, my reason for taking away a star.

Great sound, sound almost as good as the bose system.

I've had this unit for about 8 months. It looks and sounds great. I mostly bought it for the CD player -- I put a CD in when I go to bed. About a month ago the CD player began to have problems. It began to play CDs with a very noticeable "vibrato" effect. In the past month it's gotten worse, and now the player seems to lose its place, stop playing for a few seconds, then start up again. At this point the CD player really isn't usable.

The radio still sounds great. I still have CD players from the 80s that still work fine, so this might just be a once-in-a-million problem, but it's a bother.

I'm really enjoying this clock radio. I looked around quite a bit before I found this with all the features I needed. Only one possible flaw is the display is still very bright when dimmed. I like that I can operate everything with one hand and it sure does not slide around on the nightstand (it's heavy). Good sound too!.RD

Great product, a few quirks regarding time and alarm adjustments, but otherwise a nice unit.

If you are looking for BOSE sound from this, keep looking, but for an everyday clock radio with a nice sound, I feel it's worth the look.