Our Sangean radios are good performers for FM reception and speaker sound. They are reasonably priced. For user-friendly radios to use throughout the house, the kind that my wife and daughters enjoy using, Sangean is the best bet.
However, for me a general use Sangean is not my first choice. Because I am an FM reception fanatic, I prefer more of a high-performance radio, the kind that has an SW port, so I can connect a wire antenna to the radio, which usually results in improved FM reception. That's why I have a Grundig G4000A next to my bedside table. But for the rest of my family, it's a Sangean affair.
However, I should point out a consistent flaw, one that my wife complained about this morning: Three of four of our Sangeans have button problems.
The master bathroom radio, the Sangean PR-D4W, is an excellent value at under $60. However, sometimes when you turn it off, it does not turn off at all. Instead, the radio switches to a nonexistent FM station, like 104.5 or 88.7, resulting in loud static. You have to press off button one or more times to actually have the radio off.
The same problem of the PR-D4 persists in my daughter's Sangean WR-2 radio.
The problem is even worse in the case of the Sangean-made CCRadio-2E because not only do we have the same problem described above, the presets often don't respond until after 3-6 presses.
The only Sangean radio that seems to be trouble-free is the WR-50. We bought it close to 2 years ago for $130. It appears the price is now up to $170. I love the WR-50 but wouldn't be able to use it as a bedside radio for two reasons: One, it has no port for wire antenna. Two, the headphone jack is in the back of the radio. That doesn't make sense. No one wants to stretch an earbud cord around a radio. Headphone jacks should always be in the front or side of a radio.
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