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I love this radio. Immediately upon opening the box, one perceives that this is a solid, well-made product. The design of controls is brilliiant in its simplicity. The sound is well above average for a radio of this size; and the FM tuner is excellent. The design, workmanship, and quality of this object provide real joy of ownership.
But there is a danger. The snooze button provides ten minutes when pressed once; but additional pushes increase the time allotted up to a full hour. On a dark chill morning one's brutish and uncaring semi-conscious mind will think only to stab repeatedly for relief and you WILL be ...
LATE FOR WORK.

I have had this radio for 3 months and I am completely satisfied. Some of the reviews on here had me worried about boomy bass and poor sounding talk radio but I have experienced none of that. I was expecting to have to stuff a cotton ball in the rear port to make it sound good, however, once I turned it on I realized it was just fine the way it is. My wife and I wake up to the local NPR station every morning and both the classical music and talk sound great. The reception is fantastic and most radio stations are crystal clear.

Setting and changing alarms is a snap. The snooze button is adequately far enough away from the alarm off button and we have yet to have an accidental turning off of an alarm. All of the buttons are soft to press. No clicking or beeping or any noise when your partner turns off their alarm in the morning. One thing that I really like about this radio is that when the alarm goes off in the morning, the first thing you hear is the radio station. There is no preceding hum, click, or buzz that lets you know that the alarm is about to go off like most alarms that I have owned. Small point but I like it.

Initially my wife thought I was crazy paying this much for just a radio. She wanted the ipod/cd/whatever alarm but now that she has been waking up to this she is very happy with the purchase. It just works well and sounds great. Excellent product.

I love radios. I own a Bose, two Tivolis, and a Receptor. The Receptor is my favorite. The sound is a little brighter and more alive than the Tivoli but not quite as rich as the Bose. The dial digital tuner is excellent, better than its competitors. The tuner on the Tivoli is hard to see. The Receptor's reception in FM mode is superior, far better than the Tivolis and on a par with the Bose. I'm in Toronto and it pulls in FM stations from Buffalo with no difficulty. One drawback is a lack of auxilliary inputs. The machine is well put together and its clean lines are easy on the eyes. The Tivoli has a great retro look. The Bose, well it sounds great, but its no beauty. From a cost/sound perspective I think the Receptor is the best little radio on the market

I am very happy with the Boston Recepter. It was smaller than I thought it would be so it fits nicely on the nightstand. The sound quality is superb. I don't have any complaints about the bass being too strong. I am able to listen to news radio at very low volume when going to sleep and it sounds great.

The controls feel very good and the radio as a whole feels solid. Initially I was disappointed that the time display switches to show the radio frequency when the radio is on. However, holding down the display button can switch the display preference back to the time display.

If you live in a building with poor reception, this radio will solve that problem. Unlike less expensive radios, there are connections for an external AM antenna and an external FM cable feed or antenna. We bought it after moving to a new steel-framed condo building. FM reception was weak in our bedroom and AM reception was zero. Before the Receptor Radio, we couldn't get the radio play-by-play for Red Sox games that would let us mute the awful TV play-by-play. The Receptor Radio picked up the Sox' AM station perfectly.

For those of you who are not interested in AM or the Red Sox: The digital tuning and presets makes it easier to use than the similarly priced Tivoli radio. The display is more readable and the controls are less complicated than the C.Crane CC Radio -- which, by the way, has equally good AM reception. The controls are clear and have good tactile feel, and I can read the backlit display from bed at night without my glasses.

The sound quality is outstanding for a small radio -- not quite at the Bose level, but a lot less expensive and just as attractive. And how much HiFi sound do you need to hear the crack of bat?