How well does this do in the city? Just moved downtown and am looking for a good AM radio.
49623
I live 30 miles outside of Chicago. I get great reception. But I am not around tall buildings.
49624
My experience has been it performs very well. I purchased it precisely for AM radio reception and haven't been disappointed.
1131031
I found the sound to be very good. Mind you, most of the usage of this radio has been in areas where it is hard to pick up a good signal. I got great reception with this model. The sound is way better than you might think for a radio of this size. I was pleased with this purchase.
149702
Its not an expensive radio....but mine works well for what it is..I also have a broadcast station about 15 miles from my house though...but for a small packable radio its good.
1109804
I'm not a techie, but I can't see an issue. It's good for up to 75 miles. It's the lower frequencies you lose. I'm near Niagara Falls, NY and I pull in stations from Buffalo, Hamilton, Toronto, and even Barrie ON.
310672
FM reception is fine. We live in an area with a lot of radio stations and sometimes you run into one station stepping on another's signal, but that's not a function of the radio. The stations we have programmed in come in perfectly clear. In my opinion you can't beat the sound or quality of this radio for the money.
518936
It has a better receiver than my radio shack radio. I was impressed with the clarity of am, fm as well. 100 miles seems like a possibility if the broadcast station is a strong one.
223011
I think so. Our town isn't as big as Boston, but my husband uses it in an office bldg in the middle of downtown and loves it. It has a great sound and clear reception at our house in suburbia too. I'd recommend it
619069
I get about a dozen AM stations that seem to pick up pretty clear, depending on where I am at in the city.
2065097
We don't have many weak stations with this radio. We live quite a ways out of town and we love it. I am very glad we got it as we listen to several stations we couldn't get before. Henry listens to music more then I do and he says it is good
2282311
I,ve had mine for a while and is very good with some radios. I have an older Sony table model and it works great with it, not so well with modern cheap radios, AM receivers have gotten very poor in the last many years. I just set it on top of the radio and turn it and the antenna dial via inductive coupling, works pretty well. Has a "mini-phono plug" on antenna if your radio has AM connectors, this is for AM only.
1607073
Not bad, it depends on the environment though. It can easily drown out street traffic and daily use for like an office setting, with possibly the exception for maybe sirens, road construction, or if you're on a noisy subway or something. I usually just turn it up louder depending on the environment. I typically turn it up to about halfway on my iphone so it definitely has a lot of headroom if you want to drown out other noises.
381651
I use my radio on a large lake in northern Minnesota. I think it has good sound ad pretty good reception. It's the best portable radio I have found for my use. This is the second one I have had. They take a beating in the boat and I don't think the moisture does them any good but I have been satisfied with my radio.
2216564
I listen to FM nearly weekly and plays very well. Also has the weather band so if bad weather in the area you can get the most recent weather updates. The radio is very easy to operate and the directions to set the clock and preset your favorite stations is easy to figure out.
1493739
From my experience with just buying one recently, is that it picks up stations just fine. there is no external antenna. I thinks it's a nice, small, sturdy music player, with surprising sound. I don't live in a city or anything. I will be checking it out this weekend where i'm in the middle of a large farming area, so we will see how well it picks up there! I love the fact that you can have your own music with the mini SD card!
544224
The reception is great for me. My office is in the middle of a concrete building with large HVAC equipment on the roof above me and I have no trouble picking up my local public radio station. I just adjust the antenna every now then if things get wonky.
1354757
Reception , I had no complaints but I live in town so signal is strong. Sound I felt was pretty impressive.One thing though sometimes if this is against the phone (touching it) you will get interference.
1147045
I have it in my house on the 5th floor. I don't use the AM, only FM and it's excellent. Hope I can help you.