The Top Personal Radios for Listening

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

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we've only had this for a couple weeks, but my husband is loving it and listening to the radio every morning in the shower.
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isn't it pain to only see which band you're listening to, and not know what time it is without turning it off?
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it could definitely use a little sumpin' in the sound department but for listening to some weather, traffic and background music it is actually pretty decent.
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very pleasant sound, whether i'm listening to the npr folks yammer on or the morning blues show on wrfg...
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i can find out about the weather without listening to the news.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Good Battery Life, Tuning: Digital

Eton FR300 AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

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i've taken it camping and have enjoyed listening to local high school sports radio stations and talk shows...and tide, weather, and ocean conditions reports on noaa.
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it is perfect for listening to arround the house and portable enough to take from room to room or where ever?
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cranking the handle around about twenty times gives you approximately 10 minutes of listening to the radio at a moderate volume.
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i say this radio because, i have others, but i never use them because where i live, in the midst of canyons and hills, i have yet to find a radio that got any channels worth listening to.
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i am not in the boonies, i am in the city and the tuner picked up all of the radio stations and tv stations that i would be interested in listening to during an ememergency.

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Positives: Excellent Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Analog, Design: Portable

Sangean ATS 606 S

$155.00 Est. at Amazon

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i've been listening to shortwave (or world band, as it's called now) for about 15 years, and am awash in multi-band radios.
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if you travel to a place away from your normal listening area this radio will automatically find the strongest stations in that area and put them on your presets.
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i find it particularly useful for listening in bed.
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it is compact and great for travel or listening in bed .
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i would have preferred more for am since i do a lot of am listening.

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Positives: High Quality, Great Performance, Durable, Design: Portable

Kaito KA1102 AM/FM/SW Radio

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

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well, i remember listening to shortwave radio while growing up in eastern europe in the early 80's and felt a little nostalgic about it, so i asked santa to bring me one for christmas...well,
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its many features allow for a wide range of listening options, including all shortwave bands, am/fm (with excellent performance on both the mw and fm bands) and it has an ssb function which is quite
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my only hope now is that it gives me as many years of listening pleasure as the panasonic rf-b45.
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finally, the choice of listening in the stereo fm mode seems to be presented redundantly (twice) on the ka1102 by the presence of both the 4th small red led below the lcd screen and by an indication
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this is especially useful for nightime listening while going to sleep.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, High Quality, Great Performance, Tuning: Digital

Tivoli Kloss Model One AM/FM Radio

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

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but that would require taking the cabinet off, and i'm lazy.despite the above, it is the best straight-forward am/fm radio i've owned in my forty years of radio listening.it is not made in the u.s.a.
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this radio is for listening and enjoying every day.
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some of the reviews mention that there is too much bass, but it sounds fine to me, even when listening to talk radio.
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it's great if you're listening to mozart, but for talk radio it's way too much, and there's no way to adjust it.
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in the past i have used it to receive free radio, but more recently i have been listening to online music, as well as my personal collection.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

Tivoli iPAL FM/AM Radio

$175.00 Est. at Amazon

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i can get sufficient volume for talk radio listening by setting the volume control at one-quarter turn.
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to me to be better in quality than on the table radios that tivoli makes (where the volume control has a very sharp ramp up in loudness and is harder to regulate well for lower volume listening).
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front of the radio, so you'll need to plug the ipod into the radio when you want to listen to your ipod through the tivoli, then unplug your ipod when you want to go back to listening to the radio.
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we just finally ran it down after at least 2 weeks of listening for a total of about 1 hour/day plus one whole night.
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this radio has given us beautiful and peaceful evenings of listening pleasure.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Nice Battery Life, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

Radio Shack R1605

$5.00 Est. at Amazon

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i've been spending late nights (when tv and computers are all turned off) listening to radio from all around the usa on am, and many obsucre stations on fm.
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if you are into listening to fm radio, and want something compact and discreet, well this little beauty can replace your entire stereo system.
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since 1985 i've been using a realistic dx-400 for the majority of my listening.
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i while back i decided to get into shortwave listening, and ultimately decided on the kaito 1103 after reading many reviews.
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i highly recommend this little radio to anyone interested in listening to shortwave broadcasts or to anyone else who is interested in obtaing a well priced, feature laden, well constructed little

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Positives: Nice Performance, Inexpensive, Easy To Use, Design: Portable

Sony XDR-S3HD Radio

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

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the change, to me, is more apparent while listening to am (though i don't do that much other than listening to kdka) than it is on the fm side.
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my parents are in their 80s and i noticed they enjoy listening to the radio quite often.
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my two primary listening stations both are hd, and the difference in reception for them makes all the difference.
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i can definitely hear the difference when listening to the hd broadcast.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

Sony XDR-S3HD HD/AM/FM Clock Radio

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my parents are in their 80s and i noticed they enjoy listening to the radio quite often.
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the change, to me, is more apparent while listening to am (though i don't do that much other than listening to kdka) than it is on the fm side.
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my two primary listening stations both are hd, and the difference in reception for them makes all the difference.
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i can definitely hear the difference when listening to the hd broadcast.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality

Sangean MMR-77 FM/AM Radio

$49.00 Est. at Amazon

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so she is homebound, can't see tv as she is legally blind, and her only read entertainment is listening to the radio.
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if you are a heavy rock-listener you may yearn for more oomph in your everyday listening.
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a few minutes of cranking produces hours of listening, and i like buying fewer batteries.

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Positives: High Quality, Excellent Performance, Durable, Design: Portable

COM One PHOENIX WIFI RADIO BPHX001A Plus $10 off

$206.00 Est. at Amazon

from ausman from Clift, www.circuitcity.com
the computer is not an apt device for listening to audio streams.
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i have been able to use it in bermuda and customize it for many of my favorite caribbean english, spanish, french and dutch listening stations.
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i was listening to music almost immediately.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

Sangean ATS404 World Band Radio

$85.00 Est. at Amazon

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for listening to strong signals on am, fm, and shortwave this radio is pefectly adequate.
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reception: fm sensitivity is excellent, seemingly the equal of my home stereo receiver, with excellent stereo and fidelity when listening through the included "earbuds." those earbuds are the
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i thought that shortwave stuff might be fun to play with, but i quickly found out that listening to most programs from europe and elsewhere is silly because i am usually asleep when they are broadcast
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digital tuning is what i really like for listening to am/fm.
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i like to listen to radio when i travel abroad, and over many years have discovered that the radio i use for that purpose works well as a bed-side radio for night-time listening as well: when all the

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Positives: Good Performance, High Quality, Music playback: None, Display: LCD

Sony ICF-S10MK2 AM/FM/RDS Radio

$17.00 Est. at Amazon

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it is great for talk radio and listening to sports.
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after spending a few days of extensive listening, it has sent a few other radios to the display shelf.
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if i'm listening to an esciting show, i now take the smaller portable radio into the living room while i fix breakfast.
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listening to distant am stations has a surfing-the-net quality to it (inasmuch as you forever stumble upon the unexpected), but there's more: the station you are listening to will invariably fade
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i'm a ham operator and i restore tube radios for a hobby so i've spent a few hours listening to dx, i know crap, i know hype, and i know a miracle when i trip over one.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, High Quality, Durable, Design: Pocket

Sony ICF-38 Radio

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

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good radio for sitting on the back porch by my firepit listening to ballgames on the radio
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perfect for listening to the ballgames in the garage or on the deck.
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you can tell a difference between the two, but i imagine most users will forget about this feature quickly, as it doesn't dramatically alter your listening experience.
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this sony icf38 proved itself when used in this strong signal area without front end overload which also allowed listening to weaker out of town stations on both am and fm.
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anyway, this is fine for listening to yankees games and tells when the signal is as good as can be.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, High Quality, Easy To Use, Tuning: Analog

Sangean PR-D7

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

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the best part is being able to set it to turn off automatically after a set time as i like listening while i'm going to sleep.
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i usually don't have to raise the antenna when listening to fm.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, High Quality, Portable, Tuning: Digital

Sangean DT110 AM/FM Radio

$46.00 Est. at Amazon

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so, this is a good radio if you're planning on listening to one station for a long period of time.
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so thanks so much, anyone who loves traveling and listening to local broadcasts will love this letter radio.
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for all around use if you require a small speaker as well as earphone listening, probably the dt-200vx is the best (with both a clock and an automatic shutoff), but all sangean pocket radios mute

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Durable, Inexpensive, Design: Pocket

Grundig FR200 S

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

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it was fun listening to the sw bands, picking up stations from around the world.overall, a great radio at a super low price.
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light is an extra touch for those times in the tent when you need it.its just what it says it is "an emergency radio,constructed well".i'm listening to the baseball game now as i send this message.
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i should point out that we were never able to achieve the listening time per 90 sec crank that they advertised, but my radio was old and have been left unused for a few years, unsure whether that
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it is impossible to overcrank, according to grundig customer service, and even a baby boomer like me can summon up enough vim to keep me listening 'til the lights come back on.
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it is now the a couple of minutes to the saddam's deadline (20h00est 19 mar 03) and i am listening to the bbc news.

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Positives: Great Battery Life, Inexpensive, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

Peltor Digital Work Tunes 2600 Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

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my daughter to tolerate all the loud advertising and abrupt unexpected noises of a mall/big box store shopping trip; but she does so with a smile all the while listening to her "radio disney" music.
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i can hear it run, but listening to the am fm radio or my mp3 player is really a pleasure.
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lasts 2 solid days on aa batteries when listening to the radio.
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sometimes they pick up a little static, but for the most part, it beats listening to the roar of the mower.
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clip a ipod shuffle to the headband and you can work for hours listening to your favorite tunes.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Battery Life, Nice Sound Quality, Tuning: Digital

Eton Red Cross FR400 Radio

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

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strengths: variety of features, lots of listening options weaknesses: plastic crank, analog tv signal going away in jan 2009 summary: great compact unit.
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i have been very happy with it and even use it for day-to-day listening when i am on our patio.

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Positives: Excellent Battery Life, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

Freeplay Energy Ranger AM/FM/DAB Radio

$92.00 Est. at Amazon

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i'm new to short wave listening but am impressed with this radio.
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after one day of listening, they just fade and i'm usually unable to pick them back up.
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as advertised, 30 seconds of cranking gives 35 minutes of medium volume listening (or 25 minutes of loud volume levels) and the listening time increases proportionally if you crank it even longer.
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aside from the safety value, having a good portable am/fm radio for listening to baseball games during the summer is a must.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Excellent Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Analog

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Personal Radios

Best Personal Radios for Listening

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

Eton FR300 AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

Sangean ATS 606 S

Kaito KA1102 AM/FM/SW Radio

Tivoli Kloss Model One AM/FM Radio

Tivoli iPAL FM/AM Radio

Radio Shack R1605

Sony XDR-S3HD Radio

Sony XDR-S3HD HD/AM/FM Clock Radio

Sangean MMR-77 FM/AM Radio

COM One PHOENIX WIFI RADIO BPHX001A Plus $10 off

Sangean ATS404 World Band Radio

Sony ICF-S10MK2 AM/FM/RDS Radio

Sony ICF-38 Radio

Sangean PR-D7

Sangean DT110 AM/FM Radio

Grundig FR200 S

Peltor Digital Work Tunes 2600 Radio

Eton Red Cross FR400 Radio

Freeplay Energy Ranger AM/FM/DAB Radio

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