What a shame I had to sell my Tivoli Model One and Model Three radios. I truly wanted to love them. There was so much to love: great look, gorgeous sound from the speakers, ease of use. But for all their appeal, they are phony radios and failures. Why? Because their FM signal drifts and is substandard, especially when you consider the price. If you want the "Tivoli experience," there are a couple of Tivoli radios I CAN recommend because they get good FM reception: The Tivoli Songbook and the Tivoli PAL. As I post this, the PAL is going for $220 on Amazon. For me, that's way overpriced. I bought mine 4 years ago for $130. Two excellent radios that get superior reception to the Tivolis and cost LESS THAN HALF and are highly recommended: The $70 Sangean PR-D5 and the $85 Boston Acoustics Horizon Solo. For all my radio reviews, CLICK HERE. 
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Yesterday, I drove over to Ham Radio Outlet and bought the Sangean MMR-77 emergeny radio. Strong crank radio with decent AM and FM sections, greatly superior to the Eton brand emergency radios @ the same price point. BTW, yesterday marked the 4th week with my Horizon Solo and the clock is still accurate compared to the BAR radio I once owned that needed to reset every month.
Posted by: Tom Welch | March 30, 2008 at 06:02 PM
The MMR-77? Do you want to write a short "review," really your impressions? Maybe I'll post it.
Posted by: Jeff McMahon | March 30, 2008 at 07:27 PM