Best Personal Radios for FM Reception

Analyzing reviews from 40 Sites…

32 out of 33 products found

Sort By

Overall Car FM Reception Office Use Quality Sports Fans More ▼

Am Fm Battery Life Durability Ease Of Use Home Use Music Performance Portability Price Shortwave Sound Quality

For FM Reception, people talk about

size
sound quality
quality
battery life

Price (Go)

Brand: Select

Features: Select

Kaito KA1103 S

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
fm reception is good, and i agree with other reviewers that the best feature of the radio is speaker, which is warm toned and excellent.
from www.amazon.com
it beats my other radios for fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
let me add my voice to the chorus here and say that this radio (i have owned over thirty radios in the last ten years - i'm a collector, geek, and gadget nut) has the best fm reception of any radio
from www.amazon.com
powerful, crystal clear fm reception that is superior to radios that cost twice as much.
from www.amazon.com
another thing i like about the 1103 is the spectacular am and fm reception.

Read more reviews

Positives: Great Sound Quality, Good Performance, Inexpensive, Tuning: Analog

2 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for FM RECEPTION

Grundig FR200 S

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from rrosener, www.shopping.com
great am and fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
got great am radio reception, but the fm reception is ok for 39.99, but it could improve.
from www.amazon.com
even this radio's dismal fm reception might be mitigated by the location you tote it to, but i wouldn't bet on finding your favorite jazz-fest on "wilderness 98.1", so few points are lost!
from www.amazon.com
it gets decent am/fm reception, and even decent sw reception if there's not too much interference.
from www.amazon.com
for local fm reception, it does quite well.

Read more reviews

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for FM RECEPTION

Midland ER102 AM/FM/Weather Radio

$50.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
as for this radio; i live outside of the city and the am and fm reception inside my house is excellent even without extending the antenna it picks up well, i can pick up 3 noaa weather channels, two
from www.amazon.com
it is very solidly built, has a long thick antenna, gets excellent weather and fm reception, and even has quite a dynamic speaker for a portable.
from www.amazon.com
all midland radios do.) and the quality of the fm reception is excellent.

Read more reviews

Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Durable, Inexpensive, Tuning: Digital

4 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for FM RECEPTION

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

Check Site at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the 200vx just doesn't cut it for distant fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
i've used it for am and fm reception in a sports arena that was built below ground level and had lots of metal to interfere with the broadcast signal.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is very good.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception requires an earphone inserted as an antenna.
from www.amazon.com
small speaker does not have "room-filling sound." am &fm reception very good.

Read more reviews

Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Nice Battery Life, Easy To Use

5 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for FM RECEPTION

Grundig S350 AM/FM/SW Radio

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
got great am radio reception, but the fm reception is ok for 39.99, but it could improve.
from www.amazon.com
i listen to the radio a lot more than i used to simply because it gets great am/fm reception and shortwave bands aren't bad either.
from www.amazon.com
for local fm reception, it does quite well.
from www.amazon.com
even this radio's dismal fm reception might be mitigated by the location you tote it to, but i wouldn't bet on finding your favorite jazz-fest on "wilderness 98.1", so few points are lost!
from www.amazon.com
i had this radio for 2 years fm reception is good am is a bit more difficult i found battery life to be excellent with good quality aa's hand crank works get about 10 mins for 1 min of cranking.

Read more reviews

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

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i've used it for am and fm reception in a sports arena that was built below ground level and had lots of metal to interfere with the broadcast signal.
from www.amazon.com
this not only provides clear am reception, but tv and fm reception is incredible as well.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception requires an earphone inserted as an antenna.
from www.amazon.com
small speaker does not have "room-filling sound." am &fm reception very good.
from www.amazon.com
the headphones need to be plugged in (not necessarily used) for proper fm reception as the wire evidently serves as antenna.

Read more reviews

Positives: Great Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Great Battery Life, Design: Pocket

Sangean DT-400W Radio

$71.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the dt-400w provides excellent am and fm reception, with 19 presets available, a bass boost switch, and very good sound quality for a pocket radio.
from www.amazon.com
for weather, you will need the fm antenna wire or headphones, (as well as for any fm reception whatsoever) i am only dissapointed by the fact that the top 1/4th of the volume control produces
from www.amazon.com
lack of telescoping antenna for fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
without the earbuds or provided wire you will get zero fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
there is no difference for either am or fm reception.

Read more reviews

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

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
i was concerned about reception because of the distance; non-hd fm reception was adequite with a high quality indoor fm antenna; with hd i am amazed.
from www.amazon.com
like many reviews here, i am extremely pleased with this radio in particular its fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
while i bought it for the shortwave reception, i find that its am and fm reception is remarkable.
from www.amazon.com
for a grundig yacht boy 400 pe or sony icf-sw7600gr and be guaranteed good shortwave, am and fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
this has the best am & fm reception of anything i've owned.

Read more reviews

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

Sangean H201 Radio

$76.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
fm reception is very good in my shower, am not so much.
from www.amazon.com
this replaced a ~$25 jwin shower radio/cd player/mirror and in terms of am/fm reception and ease of use there is no comparison (we live ~30 miles from the closest metro market).
from www.amazon.com
the fm reception is also superb.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is outstanding, am so-so, but that's inevitable and due to my location.
from www.amazon.com
the sound quality and fm reception are comparable, or better, then the si unit.

Read more reviews

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

RCA RP7887 High Performance Super Radio

$46.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
if you are seeking good am-fm reception of both local and, in the case of am, distant stations, and a radio with a gutsy sound for its size, this is one of the best values you will find.
from www.amazon.com
it's designed especially for maximum am/fm reception, and it delivers just that.
from www.amazon.com
the fm reception is extremely good, but i don't listen to music.
from www.amazon.com
both am and fm reception sensitivity were nearly as good as my panasonic rf-2200.
from www.amazon.com
we get poor fm reception here- river valley with hills on either side.

Read more reviews

Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Inexpensive, Tuning: Analog

Crane amp; Co SNR Radio

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it had more features than i needed (weather band and tv audio links), but it provided excellent am/fm reception with good audio quality for a small speaker, something i have had difficulty finding.
from www.amazon.com
the fm reception is above average and very clear.
from www.amazon.com
i usually get horrible am & fm reception in my apartment.
from www.amazon.com
the sonido is a good radio as it has nice sound and good fm reception, but it simply falls short of the am reception claims.
from www.amazon.com
pros: good am/fm reception.

Read more reviews

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

Panasonic RF-SW50 FM/AM Radio

$100.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the sangean dt-110 is the next best radio to use near computing machinery, but its fm reception is better than its am/mw reception probably because of its very small size.
from www.amazon.com
they're light, get decent am and fm reception, and last a long time on 1 battery.
from beback1, www.shopping.com
pros: sound, am-fm reception, water resistant, one battery use, battery check display, xbs, cons: ear-buds, shut-off button sequence, no belt-clip the bottom line: i surely

Read more reviews

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

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
although the sony is on the pricy side, we found it to have good quality sound and no am fm reception problems.
from www.amazon.com
with the two units side by side- the new unit does not have as good of fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
great am/fm reception, and we don't even use the antenna.

Read more reviews

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

Sangean DT210V AM/FM/TV Radio

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from Charlotte from Ponca City, OK, clickfrom.buy.com
it does a great job in tuning them in and the fm reception and sound is great!
from www.amazon.com
like many reviews here, i am extremely pleased with this radio in particular its fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is very good, with drift free performance on stations 50 miles away.
from www.amazon.com
this has the best am & fm reception of anything i've owned.
from www.amazon.com
i also wanted better fm reception, b/c the 110 has terrible station separation and bleed-through (strong stations are picked up on weaker frequencies all over the dial).

Read more reviews

Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Design: Pocket

Sony ICF-SW7600 AM/FM/SW Radio

$173.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it generally sounds muffled on shortwave broadcasts and just "okay" for regular am/fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is good but not up to the level provided by the eton e-5, kaito 1103 or even the kaito 1102.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is respectable (much better than the very
from www.amazon.com
anyway, the 7600gr's fm reception is outstanding.
from www.amazon.com
fantastic am/fm reception.

Read more reviews

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

Sony Walkman SRF-59 AM/FM Radio

$23.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
one nimh aa rechargable battery will power this radio for over 40 hours (the length of a work week).though not in stereo, fm reception is also very good.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is good in strong areas, with good selectivity and interference rejection.
from www.amazon.com
good long-distance am and fm reception even in building with a lot of steel.
from www.amazon.com
gets decent am and fm reception.
from www.shopping.com
pros: great am and fm reception.

Read more reviews

Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Great Battery Life, Inexpensive, Design: Pocket

Radio Shack R1605

$5.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
fm reception is good, and i agree with other reviewers that the best feature of the radio is speaker, which is warm toned and excellent.
from www.amazon.com
let me add my voice to the chorus here and say that this radio (i have owned over thirty radios in the last ten years - i'm a collector, geek, and gadget nut) has the best fm reception of any radio
from www.amazon.com
it beats my other radios for fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
another thing i like about the 1103 is the spectacular am and fm reception.
from www.amazon.com
fm reception is great.

Read more reviews

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

Sony Walkman SRF-M37V AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

$32.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this radio has good fm reception, even indoors.
from www.amazon.com
i have a sangean dt-200v (which is very good on local and fringe fm reception and fantastic for bedtime am broadcast band dxing--i have heard stations in fort worth, orlando, and winnipeg from wny)
from www.amazon.com
if sony would improve the fm reception a little and give it a bass boost it would be perfect.
from www.amazon.com
this radio has a great digital tuner, good fm reception (don't listen to am much) and a good number of presets.
from www.amazon.com
it's been really reliable and gets great fm reception, and good am reception.

Read more reviews

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

Tivoli Kloss Model One AM/FM Radio

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.target.com
fm reception is a problem in my apartment, but the model one pulls in even weak stations with good results, and actually works better component tuners i've had that were priced much higher.
from www.amazon.com
ok, so it's not a stereo radio, but the sound is rich and warm and the fm reception is better than on my high end onkyo receiver.
from www.amazon.com
this desk-top radio has very good to excellent fm reception using either the internal antenna or the provided external antenna.
from www.amazon.com
the amazon comments said the am radio reception was bad, well you can add to that fm reception if you rely on the internal antenna.
from www.amazon.com
the fm reception is strong, tone is excellent, and the controls are easy.

Read more reviews

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

Eton E10 FM/AM Radio

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
fm reception is very good -- it matches my sangean ats 818 easily.
from www.amazon.com
i've toted several radios to my work office, which thanks to thick concrete walls and all sorts of electronic gadgets, is a high-interference nightmare for all my am/fm reception needs.
from shopping.yahoo.com
pros: great fm reception, included rechargeable nimh batterites, included ac adapter (also used for charging) - rubberized coating makes it easy to handle cons: no "beep" alarm, doesn't fry my eggs

Read more reviews

Positives: High Quality, Nice Performance, Durable, Tuning: Digital

1 2 Next

Electronics

Personal Radios

Best Personal Radios for FM Reception

Kaito KA1103 S

Grundig FR200 S

Midland ER102 AM/FM/Weather Radio

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

Grundig S350 AM/FM/SW Radio

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

Sangean DT-400W Radio

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

Sangean H201 Radio

RCA RP7887 High Performance Super Radio

Crane amp; Co SNR Radio

Panasonic RF-SW50 FM/AM Radio

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

Sangean DT210V AM/FM/TV Radio

Sony ICF-SW7600 AM/FM/SW Radio

Sony Walkman SRF-59 AM/FM Radio

Radio Shack R1605

Sony Walkman SRF-M37V AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

Tivoli Kloss Model One AM/FM Radio

Eton E10 FM/AM Radio

Pro

Smaller

Channel

Display

News

Top Brands

More Brands

Tuning

Design

Type