Originally selling for $130-150 and now selling on Amazon for $42-45, the Sony ICF-M1000 is delivering a lot of radio for the money and I imagine is selling briskly. For less than half the cost of a Tivoli Model One (which I also own), the Sony offers equal performance in AM/FM reception. I much prefer the Tivoli's sound, much brighter and crisper with greater separation in my subjective opinion. However, the Sony has more features, digital tuner read-out (even though it's an analog tuner) and a clock. It's also a bit larger than the Tivoli and only comes in high-gloss black. Both radios deliver bigger than average sound and are great on AM. But the Sony, like the Tivoli, gives me problems with hard-to-get FM stations, such as 89.3 KPCC. If you can find a Tivoli Model One for about $75, get it over the Sony. If you are fastidious about getting the best FM reception possible and want a large-speaker radio, there is a better radio than the Sony and the Tivoli--and that is the Kaito 2100, a re-badged Redsun, which costs between $99-120.
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