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I am very pleased with the quality of the radio. It is so light weight and the clarity is wonderful. It works out very well when using the treadmill.
I searched for a cassette player and this item came up. I received it and after opening it, found out it was a radio. Very poor quality, cheap thin plastic.
Seems good, though the analog radio often adds a bit more of the sounds radios add to the station signal when it's not spot-on. This uses a AA; the digital uses a AAA, and the difference in battery life is dramatic. Reception. Added features: the digital radio has a clock; the analog doesn't.
6. I did notice that after owning it for years, the digital radio's presets got a little screwy--sometimes they'd all change to whatever the station was for preset #1. It's easier with the digital radio's five preset buttons--if what you want is one of those preset stations. Tuning. Battery life.
Ergonomics. The digital radio has a recessed switch that locks the radio at its current setting, whatever that is, on or off. 5. However, the digital radio doesn't have auto-search, so finding stations not on the presets is even more laborious than it is with the analog radio.3. Little squeaks and squawks.4.
The analog radio is definitely bigger, but it still fits easily in a mens dress shirt pocket. I owned a Sony SRF-M37W Walkman Digital Tuning Weather/FM/AM Stereo Radio (Black) for years; now I've had this cheaper alternate for months, and I'm ready to compare them.1. This is quite necessary, because it's so easy to accidentally bump one of the protruding buttons, either shutting it off or popping it over to a different station. By contrast, the on-off switch, volume control and tuning dials on this analog radio are relatively immune to getting changed by bumping them accidentally.
Reliability. Both seem fine this way, and both resistant to breaking if you drop them accidentally (without reason). The digital has a weather station setting, which I never was able to get to work (i.e.
The battery life is extraordinary with this analog radio.2. really bad reception), and the TV audio capability was useful until all the TV stations went digital, and then it didn't work.All in all I prefer this analog radio to the digital one, in part because the battery life is useful to me, and the larger size isn't so much bigger that it makes any difference to me (both fit in a pocket). Size.
Personally I find the larger size a cheap price to pay for the vastly longer battery life afforded by the larger AA battery. 7. A digital radio is inherently better, but Sony would have to redesign theirs to make it truly better than this cheaper analog version.I'm not commenting on music reception because I mainly use it for talk radio.
Just received the SRF-59 radio by Sony. I needed one to use while I walk. Great reception and sound. For the http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=tag_rvc_rv_ihlp_wt.ie=UTF8&nodeId=16238571price, you cannot beat it.
I like to use this while I take public transportation to work but reception will be good/bad depending on your surroundings. This is a good product for what you pay for. The reception is not going to be as good as a car radio but it's decent enough. If you haven't purchased a walkman at all, I recommend getting one (cheap, light weight, and very minimal battery usage). If you have one already, I'd advocate this only if you're unhappy with your previous walkman.
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