This is a very good, solid, and heavy radio. The radio uses a small speaker which is built into a sort of bass reflex enclosure which produces an impressive level of sound quality. SW reception OK, but subject to weather, time of day, and location, etc. That is to be expected. AM and FM are very good. The controls are solid and smooth. But, there are no direct entry buttons for the stations in memory. The user will need to scan thru using the single "preset" button. Or, use the "up/down" buttons or the tuning wheel. Not really a problem. The display is a well-lit amber color which is very easy to see. Battery life is good and the radio retains its memory during battery changes. The handle is strong, and has a nice cushioned grip. I like this radio, but there are a couple of odd things I have noticed: The batteries will slowly drain if the display backlight is kept one, even if using the AC adapter. And the clock would frequently reset to a phantom time. It could be off by hours in the course of a few minutes. I finally figured out how to prevent that. With the radio "off", i depressed the "down" (min) button, and selected "manual" mode instead of "auto" for the RDS function. Now the radio time stays accurate. I guess some stations are transmitting inaccurate time information with their signal, and the radio may try to update its time setting if I tune in one of those stations. That is just my guess.

Excellent radio. Solid construction with a very good finish. High quality sound, very good digital tuning.

I like this radio very much. Good quality workmanship and sound. It's worth the money and easy to use. Tuning accuacy and clear sound. I recommend it.

UPDATE 2 after additional troubles, I've given up & returned this sad descendant of the Grundig S350DX for a refund. For 10+ years I enjoyed my trusty old Grundig and decided to upgrade to a newer unit with similar features (MISTAKE). This newer Eton branded unit appeared to be a successor of the older design & did seem to have better audio (PRO), but the PROs end there. Immediately it had problems the old unit didn't, firstly some poor engineering which drained batteries faster than my old Grundig ever did (CON). Out of the box, the clock malfunctioned- I would reset the time & turning it back on a day later, the clock was wrong (CON). After resetting the clock several times over a few days, I gave up correcting it & left the display with a permanently wrong time. All around Reception was better on the old radio (CON). After about 2.5 months, the units' occasional freeze (CON) became a regular crash - almost daily, requiring a system reset via a deeply recessed button which is a pain to reach (CON). This was becoming too much work so the Eton radio was returned. Incredibly my refund had deducted "Damage fees" totaling $24.32 (BOO!). ETON: poor shadow of the once great German company "Grundig" brand. So disappointing. Waste of time and $$$.

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Thought to be expensive at first but getting crystal clear fm clear audible am and very good sw with lots of stations felt very much satisfied with this radio where as d batteries are concern get good quality batteries for your radio you will find that it is very good and batteries will last for long time. Where as I use for almost whole day in my holidays and about 4 hours daily.a very good product for radio listeners.

Muy bien radio, el único defecto que le vi es que la sintonía no es continua sino que se interrumpe como por un segundo será por el tunner digital. Pero de lo demás está muy bien, buen sonido,y también el bluetooth que se conecta sin problema con mi teléfono Android.

Resultó ser un poco más grande de lo que yo esperaba, me recuerda mi vieja radio grabadora de los 80's.Lo primero que hice, después de leer el manual, fue colocar 4 baterías alcalinas tamaño D, y comenzar a buscar el mejor lugar de recepción FM. Cómo era de esperarse, funciona mejor cerca de las ventanas, pero extendiendo totalmente la antena telescópica integrada la recepción es excelente prácticamente en toda la casa. Aún no he hecho una prueba de duración de las baterías.Luego hice una prueba con el BT. Funcionó a la primera, tanto con el teléfono celular Android como con Fedora Linux. Probé con música chochentera, con ecualización plana. Excelente sonido: bajos sin distorsión, agudos muy claros. Quizá alguno considere que le falta más potencia, pero yo prefiero no molestar a los vecinos (y que no me molesten a mi).En cuanto a la recepción de onda corta, la antena interconstruída hace un buen trabajo, pero como todo radio de onda corta, lo mejor es utilizar una antena externa. Ya estoy trabajando en ello.Un gran radio, con BT, a un buen precio.UPDATE: Construí la antena para SWL (Shortwave Listening) de Dirk Rijmenants. Con todo y que terminó siendo una configuración lejos de ser óptima, el resultado ha sido por demás satisfactorio. La recepción ha sido buena tanto de día como de noche. Desafortunadamente mi estación favorita ha dejado de transmitir en onda corta. Pero no todo se ha perdido: ahora la escucho vía Internet utilizando el modo Bluetooth.Un gran radio, con BT, a un buen precio.

¿Recuerdan esos boombox de los 80's? Esta radio es como esos aparatos. La recepción de radio es excelente, en onda corta es mejorable pero usando las antenas externas se puede mejorar. El uso de Bluetooth es bueno, pero mejorable y depende mucho del dispositivo. Estéticamente me encanta su estilo de aparato militar, se siente sólido y firme y las perillas están bien colocadas. El sonido no es decepcionante, es de hecho muy claro y nítido y tiene buen volumen, sobretodo el sonido estéreo si es distinguible a pesar de tener un parlante.Contras: en batería no dura mucho, se recomiendan baterías recargables. El adaptador de corriente es enorme y con un cable corto, es ventaja que sea un adaptador especial para filtrar el posible ruido producido por la corriente eléctrica. Cambiar de frecuencia, sobretodo en onda corta, puede ser un tedio solo con las perillas, pero con paciencia se aprende a aprovechar las ventajas de la memoria. Por cierto, la memoria es de 10 estaciones por banda, lo que me parece muy corto considerando que hay radios portátiles que guardan hasta 500 estaciones en memoria. Finalmente la radio pesa un tanto, no es absolutamente portátil.En fin, si eres diexista y buscas una radio que además para diexismo sea para escuchar radio local o usarlo con Bluetooth o auxiliar y que además se ve muy mono como radio en una estantería o en una mesa y cuyo sonido es muy bueno: está es tu opción, no es decepcionante.

I bought this radio while drunk-shopping on Amazon. The next morning when I got the "it has shipped" alert, it was my intention to send it back as the last thing I need is yet another radio but, since the seller shouldn't be held hostage to my whims and irresponsibility, I opened the radio to give it a fair try-out to make a proper decision. I'm glad I did as it's a really good one and I will be keeping it. I paid $80+$5 'tax'.I'll be comparing this to my Tecsun PL-880 as that is considered a very good receiver and has served me well, although at nearly twice the cost. MW (AM) and SW are pretty much neck-and-neck in reception with the Eton, maybe, having the slightest advantage over the PL-880. Obviously, the Eton does not have SSB and the PL-880 does. That's okay. I have other radios (Alinco SR8T, PL-880, GE 7-2990A) that cover that spectrum should I choose to venture off into the side band world which is mostly just boring old guys rattling on incessantly about their radio equipment and complaining about new Ham's. The Eton has a wide band/narrow band switch and with the bass and treble controls, you can really dial in the sound for your ears which is great for someone with tinnitus and deafness at 8 kHz (wear ear plugs, kids). I'm near Dallas/Ft. Worth and we have one of the largest markets in the world so there is no shortage of stations, close or far, to try and search for. Unfortunately, my physical location and the radiant barrier in my house causes SW to be hit-or-miss but, still, the few stations I can get came in as well as possible using the stock aerial. I haven't tried it with a long wire yet although I did connect it to my outside GMRS base antenna got a few of the closer SW stations in a bit clearer so the antenna connection does work.FM reception is fantastic with this radio, easily surpassing the PL-880. In scan, the PL-880 has a tendency to stop on dead-air stations which the Eaton filters out. I didn't even extend the aerial, just raised it into position, and it was pulling in stations very well. Connected to my external GMRS antenna about 18' in the air outside my house caused the Eton radio to pull in crazy amounts of FM stations. It's quite the FM DX'er.The bluetooth connection on the Eton is quite nice. Presently I have my iPhone paired streaming a station. No problems, it hooked right up and sounds great. It only receives, not transmits.The instructions on the Eton were just fine and easy to read. About 10 minutes of unpacking, and scanning the little manual and I felt like I was a pro with this radio.It runs on 4 D batteries so with moderate volume control and reduced bass response, they should last for a very long time. I don't have a time frame on this one, yet, but in my GE which uses the same 4D setup, the batteries went bad before they went dead, probably about 8 years. Of course, when not in use I do not store alkaline's in any equipment, leaving them in a container beside my radio which was fortunate since they started leaking. I, typically, don't like digital displays as they trickle-drain batteries but this Eton seems to be okay, completely blacking out the screen when not in use - as long as you flip the 'display off' switch on the side - although you can still faintly see the time and battery meter. Time will tell how long a set of batteries last. It would be nice to be able to charge a set of rechargeable batteries though the radio if plugged in with the wart but not so with this radio. The PL-880 uses a single 18650 battery recharged though the side with a 5v wart or battery back.The tuning on this radio is a bit clunky and annoying. The knob does not have a recess for your finger allowing you to be able to spin without your finger slipping off when using fine tune and the fast tune is just meh. It some sort of geared mechanism but not very smooth and can be a little jerky. It appears the best way to tune this radio is by using the up/down arrows (hold for 1 second and let go). Also, it doesn't have a continuous scan, stopping on every station and forcing you press the arrow again to start a new scan. The PL-880 has a 5 second hold on the scan and moves to the next station.This radio has 10 presets per selection. Really? 10 presets? There is also no auto search (which why would there be with just 10 presets?) so if you take it to a new area, you can't automatically scan the waves and load the stations in that area.I really like this radio as it feels good in the hand and it sounds fantastic. An included protective case would be nice although I see the one for this radio is here on Amazon for an additional $40+. I do recommend this radio, highly.