Boston Acoustics Recepter Alarm Radio
I've spent years looking for a clock radio alarm that I wouldn't hate, either because of poor design, lousy tuning, awful audio, or too much wood-grain. I finally found it in the Boston Acoustics Recepter Alarm Radio. This beauty is exquisite. Great sound. Every control is perfectly intuitive: knob-twist digital tuning and clock setting with built-in acceleration. The thing I like about the alarm-off button on this radio is that it's all by itself, right above the best-tuning-knob-ever. (Whether in a car or an aircraft, nothing beats a twist-knob digital tuner....) I've never had a problem threading my fingers through the various water bottles and night-table crap to stab the button, first try. It's even made with a tacitly pleasant more-rubbery plastic for good finger traction. The snooze button is an example of what makes the device so sweet. It's just the right size, well proportioned without being a Huge Snooze Bar. And get this: you tap it once and you have ten minutes of snooze. Tapping it again within three seconds adds five minutes. Each successive tap adds five minutes up to a total of 60. Then, once it's in snooze mode, it becomes a count-down timer! Hit the button and you see how much time you have left!
It is a gorgeous utility package. Ever buy something you like so much you want to buy another, and then another? I like waking up in the morning just to look at this little clock. Picks up NPR from the fringes too and the audio quality is shockingly good for its small size. There's nothing I would change about this little appliance.
-- Tom Parker
Boston Acoustics Recepter Alarm Radio
$150
Available from Amazon
Manufactured by Boston Acoustics
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Lourdes Zuniga
Gentlemen:
I’ve always relied on my Boston radio to wake me up in the morning. However, this week the alarm failed to wake me up 3 times. The first time, I happened to wake up 30 mins. later, yesterday 2 hrs. Needless to say I was very late to work. This morning it did go off and I awoke, but since I was not feeling well decided to stay in bed I reset the alarm for 1 hr., luckily I set my telephone as well. This time the radio did not go off, making it the 3rd time this week. If I had not set my telephone I would be late to work again. I don’t want to lose my job because of this. I’ve never had any problems with my Bose Wave Radio.
Please advise if Boston Acoustics will back up their warranty. Thank you in advance for your response.
Sincerely,
Lourdes Zuniga
Mike
I have had this radio for 4 to 5 years now. It sounds great, but it has never kept accurate time. I moved it out of my bedroom and into my bathroom after about 6 months because I it would fall at least 5 min behind every month, sometimes even more than that, and I couldn't rely on it to wake up for work. It did work out amazingly as my bathroom radio to give me something to listen to as I got ready in the mornings after my original clock radio (that I moved back to because at least it kept accurate time) woke me up.