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Tivoli Audio Model One AM / FM Table Radio, Classic / Walnut
From Tivoli Audio
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Customer Reviews

Best Radio Ever
This is a classy, high quality piece of audio equipment with amazing sound and an unobtrusive footprint. There is absolutely no frills between your ear and the airwaves. This unit’s refreshing simplicity leaves you free to re-live the days of early radio, and find new joy as you and your family gather around to tune in to your favorite stations.
And it’s so darn small and handsome!

What’s all the hoopla about?
I’d heard many positive reviews for these radios, and figured that plus the astronomical price must mean it’s got something going for it. Wrong. Other than the heavy wood cabinet, this is a run of the mill table radio. The reception is no better than any other radio, including the FM tuner in my cell phone – even with an external antenna. The sound is OK but nothing to rave about. I’ve had 30 year old Sony table radios that sounded just as good or better. A close look at the componentry reveals this is the same electronic junk that has flooded this country since the American manufacturers threw in the towel. This is a classic case of the placebo effect – it looks cool, and the box raves about it’s superiority, so everyone just jumps on the bandwagon.

lacking just a little…
I like the sound the radio produces very much. I only use it to listen to the Red Sox. I find 2 things a little disappointing. Although the tuning dial has a ratio that gives you some extra turning to tune in the right spot, the exact station location is easy to tune past (for the broadcast I am looking for) and the little yellow light doesn’t have much leeway with respect to brightness. The antenna must be positioned just so for any of this to happen. I do not know whether an FM antenna would fix this or not. The good antennas are not cheap and I was trying to keep my investment to the price of the unit.