Well, this was a huge disappointing experience for me. I picked this one based on looks (photos) and reviews... I should have known better!
I am a Radio guy and I love Music. So, Sound and the ability to discover/check new things are high on my criteria list for a Radio. Next is an intuitive and practical User Interface and Looks.
Looks is quite OK (better from a distance: it looks like Wood while it is not and the controls are cheap plastic and thin tin material)
Knob on top is nice idea and does the job (despite the cheap plastic)
Buttons around it are working but they're feeling kind of cheap and fragile but most importantly, non intuitive placement and difficult to read.
Display is OK, although content could be better designed.
No External Aerial Input
No Ethernet, only WiFi
Remote is OK (basic, cheap plastic but not bad design and, working)
Now, the important bits:
Reception is problematic on all fronts: DAB, FM, WiFi
User Interface is generally OK if you're ready to accept that user friendliness is a luxury and everything you do you must really work for.
The worst and Most Important is the end result: the Sound is so... tiny, unattractive and uninviting to spend time with it, be it Music, Spoken Word or whatever, you turn to your Radio for, it defeats the principle of Radio, let alone of DAB, or High Quality Digital Radio Streaming.
The available EQ settings can't do much to help - the result is almost always disappointing and fatiguing.
Unfortunately I can't return it since I bought it from the UK site for delivery in Greece.
I am sorry to be so negative but that is my experience...
| Productafmetingen | 18.5 x 35.4 x 14.5 cm; 3.2 kg |
|---|---|
| Modelnummer item | DR-I470(BR) PRO |
| Kleur | Bruin |
| Hardware-interface | 3,5 mm audio, Bluetooth 2.0 |
| Soort batterij | Alkaline |
| Energiebron | Elektrisch Bedraad |
| Itemgewicht | 3.2 kg |
| Gegarandeerde software-updates tot | unknown |
