Review on 📻 Sangean WR-50 AM/FM-RBDS/Bluetooth Wood Cabinet Tabletop Radio in Black by Chris Drury

I bought this system (with stereo speakers) to replace an older Panasonic mini system that sounded great but the aux in and CD didn't work anymore. Despite what the market thinks, some of us listen to a lot of OTA radio and wanted something that sounds good but also connects with Bluetooth and an aux input. The general processing quality, the design and above all the sound score highly. We turn down the volume for every spoken word (public radio, podcasts) and turn it up for music because it can be quite loud and boomy, which is enough for shared life. Bluetooth syncing works pretty well and the remote does what it's supposed to. The downsides are the quirkiness of the display and user interface. By default, the display always shows scrolling station information provided by different radios. This is distracting and mostly useless information. You can see what song is playing before the scrolling message ends. You can switch to show time/date/or radio stations. but as soon as you touch something, it goes back to scrolling. Second, I've had many times where using the controls on the radio (not the remote) resulted in the system crashing and resetting all settings as if you turned it off. This means that brightness, bass/treble, radio settings etc. will be reset. Occurs about every two months. Preferably. Many stations that I was able to receive with my 20-year-old system or in a car that I can no longer pull out clearly, especially tuned to the left of the FM station. I'm in a crowded urban area with lots of good radio, but tuning the connected antenna doesn't seem to have any effect. If it doesn't come in clearly, no setting will work. Since the antenna is a metal telescopic antenna, there's no way to use a wired model, which is probably what we need. Conclusion: A great system if you need a radio but still crave my old system that offered reliable reception and sound. Radio isn't dead, it's free, works when there's no internet, and nothing beats hearing a great song you weren't expecting. Maybe there's a little stereo receiver somewhere for me.