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The main reason I got this radio was bcuz of its slim, compact design to fit on a narrow shelf. It doesn't have any CD player or tape deck to clutter up the unit and increase its size. Reception is very good for both AM & FM. This unit has one serious omission: no bass-treble tone control. The resulting default sound quality is still very good for FM stereo music,in fact it's amazing for such a little radio. However,a tone control would seriously help the voice clarity when listening to AM talk. Keep this in mind if you like listening to AM talk.
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The Sangean PR-D5 is very easy to use, and it has very sensitive AM reception. From my perspective, the sound quality is poor, with too much upper bass and muffled treble, which makes voices hard to understand. If Sangean had provided full-range bass and treble controls on the PR-D5, then some of this sound quality issue could have been fixed.
The 10 kHz tuning step on AM is sometimes a limitation, because there is no way to "tune around" hets (i.e., tones) that may accompany a desired signal. A digital radio like the CCRadio 2, with 1 kHz tuning steps, can get around this issue.
The bottom line is that I bought the PR-D5 to listen mostly to news and talk on AM. Since the sound quality is so muffled, it isn't acceptable for my purposes. Almost every other radio I own has better voice quality on AM than the PR-D5.
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I bought this radio from Amazon in early July 2009. Decent sound, good reception in my office. I basically wanted it for the rated as above average FM reception, which for my purposes, this radio was fine. At that, I would have rated it 4 stars. However, I also use the aux in plug for an iPod.
My problem relates to workmanship. I leave the radio on my desk at work, so it receives little to no movement. I leave a 3.5 mm cord in the Aux In plug. When I want to listen to my iPod, I plug it in to the other end of the patch cord. I do this maybe twice a week and listen to the radio the other days. After just over 2 months of this, the Aux In plug has started to short out. I have to finagle the cord about 1/2 plugged in to get the sound to come out right. This does not always work, so I often just listen to my iPod through the headphones (that confirms the short is not on that jack on the iPod).
I'm just over the return period for Amazon. I contacted Sangean support via their website. They responded within a few hours saying my only option is to return for repair or replacement. This bothers me as I have a Tivoli PAL at home and use it the same way and have done so for about 3 years. Not a single problem. I didn't buy another Tivoli for work as I really didn't want to leave a $150 relatively small radio out on my desk. Now I own this Sangean and am really concerned with the workmanship for something so basic to simply just stop working.
Any ideas or has anyone else had a similar problem?
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I bought it for the wife to put on her vanity. She likes to listen while getting ready for work. The old radio was manual dial so I wanted to get one with presets so she could easily pick her mood for the day. The RDS that can give you the song title and artist is a plus. There is no tone adjustment but the sound is good and clear for a portable. We are running on batteries and I am waiting to see what the life will be. The unit isn't big but it does seem strange that there is no handle. The unit seems well made and I would say we are very pleased with it.
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Bought this for my adult son so he could listen to the Yankees where ever he was and it plays beautifully , even when he traveled .
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