Review on Studebaker SB2003 Retro Portable AM/FM Radio AC Or Battery Operated (Black/Cream) by Ernest Duckett

(*) These are SB2003 improvements, 3 improvements over the Studebaker SB2001 radio. The performance of the internal DSP circuitry is no different than the circuitry in the Studebaker SB2001. So if ease of setup isn't a huge issue for a human, buying a Studebaker SB2001 works the same as the SB2003 but with fewer tuning manipulations, and with knobs the SB2003 is easier to work with as they aren't as "thick" are like the buttons on the SB2001. But again, you can either prefer the design of the radio or the lightness. on which it can be adjusted or controlled using the SB2003's smaller control knobs. Headphone jack of some kind. It's absent from the SB2001. The lack of a headphone jack wasn't the deciding factor for me when purchasing the SB2001 as I bought it to listen through the speaker rather than lugging around a beefy radio to use some headphones. But I like that the people who developed this series of radios made improvements to the buttons, which was a big problem as the SB2001 was difficult to use. The SB2001 was a huge leap forward as the DSP circuitry was improved to eliminate the SB2000's problem of turning the radio off (unplugged) when it was fully on. This does not happen with the SB2001 or SB2003. used the same DSP circuitry but provided a digital readout for fine-tuning weak signals. I currently have to play with the watch face as it doesn't "stand still" on weak AM signals and tends to ramp up and down in volume. as it can't quite pick up weak signals (I have the same problem with the SB2001 model) but at least I have it. It has a certain selectivity just enough to pick up weak signals on AM, which most radios can't do with analog or digital DSP displays.