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Pros & Cons
Pros
This feels nice and solidly-built, which is important to me. Beautiful to look at, very reliable, and for the price. The finish of the cabinet is a great choice for the look of an old style radio.
It sounds fine. Very crisp. Maybe that's how radios sounded in the old days.
The lighted dial looks great/retro. My only quibble is that the dial does light up when using those options. The knobs are very smooth, with no trouble tunning the stations.
The radio works very well with good reception. Great for streaming. This inductive coupling method is great for cleaning up static prone stations. And lastly, it picks up radio stations better than the radio i replaced.
Cons
This is about as cheaply made as you can get. All of the gold accents are plastic. This pretty much destroys the vintage feel to the device. This device is nothing more than decoration.
Radio performance is adequate, but only adequate. Bluetooth function is, however, abysmal. Pretty radio but less than stellar performance. Form cannot trump function.
The radio has a very annoying hum when in bluetooth mode which in and of itself is reason enough to return this product. The selector knob for am/fm/usb is difficult to tell whether or not you're actually selecting the different options. Not easy to u... Read More
This thing has no bass, no mids, just tinny highs. Unfortunately, even the auxiliary 3. Is terrible. Is the beautiful cabinet so extraordinary that i should just overlook the failure to perform as a music system?
The tuner needs to periodically be adjusted with signal shifts, apparently. And connecting via bluetooth was never consistent. I am willing to allow that perhaps my experience is because of a faulty unit.
Highlights
Quality
Sounds good,seems to be well built,works with bluetooth.
The unit is solid and well built.
It doesn't sound "old" or "tinny" or low quality at all.
I don't understand the reviews downing the sound quality.
Price
This fit the bill, good look at a great price.
Pick up some low cost, low capacity full sized sd cards or usb sticks.
I had to buy a cheap plain radio thru a catalog that i dont like.
It's a good radio for the price.
Packaging/appearance
Received this retro radio today, 6-21-21 was packed very well, the finish of the cabinet is a great choice for the look of an o... Read More
I unpacked it and turned it on, the sound quality surprised me, crystal clear and loud and unexpected from such relatively smal... Read More
I was even more impressed when i opened the package.
Competitiveness
The pyle of course does not compare, it's more for looks and aesthetics and goes well in my man cave.
There are more expensive radios and more bass oriented eq on most modern radios but if you want to hear it like it was when rad... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
radio, great, quality, good and retro. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 544 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 27 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought it primarily because of the looks and the fact that its made from wood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I listen to hawaiian and classical music on it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Am and fm come in quite clear and fairly loud bt signal lacks and volume is very low for some reason probably vintage bt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The pyle of course does not compare its more for looks and aesthetics and goes well in my man cave
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre looking for quality sound youll be disappointed as there is no low end
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The tuner light gets brighter when a stations signal is strong
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The speakers are mounted on the sides so the fidelity is not excellent but neither were antique radios
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It pulls radio stations in decently
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