Mike's First Look at the Boston Acoustics Horizon Solo

I just brought home a new Horizon Solo and hear it playing a little Roy Orbison right now.

It's way too soon to judge, but my initial impression is favorable.

I didn't bother with the pigtail for FM. I ran a mini-coax up to the attic space to some old TV rabbit ears I had and seem (at first look, anyway) to be getting basically the same stations my Satellit 800 gets with that antenna. Very good FM tuner for the price.

The AM tuner is OK, and AM sound is very good, clear and strong when the signal allows.

I had the more telegenic Recepter for a while, so the controls don't surprise me - I know that I already like the Solo's preset knob before I've even tried it.

Of course, I'll soon wish I had gotten the Duo, but if I had, I'd be thinking I should have gotten the Solo, so no harm done there.

A little funny-looking but I suppose it could grow on me. Good value for the price.

Comments

[Mike W]

Damn, you're fast, Jeff. I just posted that.