Review on ClearClick Retro AM Radio Bluetooth by David Cook

As long as your expectations are reasonable, this is a great product. Although it looks like a cathedral radio, it's a smaller version of the original. It is 11 inches high, 8 inches wide and 6 inches deep. The body is made of pressed cardboard with a tinted veneer. Looks good from a few feet away, but not as valuable up close as the real thing. AM, FM and a Bluetooth receiver. Even with the built-in FM wire antenna, the FM receiver is decent. It picks up weak local stations clearly, which other radios I own can't. The AM receiver is loud but works. AM and FM are very narrow and you may have to turn the dial back and forth to center the station. A small movement covers most of the area. I bought this radio to use the bluetooth receiver so AM/FM is optional. I use the best radios to tune into these frequencies. One annoyance that other reviewers have noted is that the dial only lights up in AM or FM mode. In Bluetooth mode, the watch face is dark. There is a blue LED above the function selector knob on the left and a red LED above the power button. volume control. Neither of them are exceptionally bright, but you can't miss them. In Bluetooth mode, the watch face is dark, which seems to annoy critics who want to use a Bluetooth speaker while pretending to be listening to an old radio. Backlighting for the tuning wheel in Bluetooth mode would be nice, but that's not critical for me. The blue LED flashes when there is no Bluetooth connection. If you're interfering with the blue and red LEDs, a tiny circle cut from opaque tape slightly obscures them and is barely noticeable. I used a hole punch to cut small circles out of the black electrical tape. If you want the tuning button to be lit in Bluetooth mode, this button is illuminated by two LEDs connected to the radio receiver board. A person experienced with electronics should find a way to turn it on in bluetooth mode. (I plan to do that after the warranty expires.) It goes without saying that whenever you're poking around inside, always turn off the power before removing the back cover. It operates on alternating current and contains dangerous voltages inside. The sound is surprisingly good for the size. This is comparable to vintage radios with similarly sized speakers. It tends to be a bit bass-heavy so it would be nice if it had a tone control, but you could EQ the audio on a Bluetooth source. I used a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or Revain Echo to power the Bluetooth receiver. Most of the time, the Bluetooth source is connected to Wi-Fi and within 3 feet. I use the Echo at about 12ft and sometimes the signal is momentarily lost but it works. If someone could make a radio that looks like this but has wi-fi connectivity and could stream internet radio I'd be in heaven. It's the next best thing. I have an old smartphone that no longer supports cellular but still works with Wi-Fi. It's Android and a few internet radio apps. I hide it behind the radio and from a few feet away the view is decent. I use this radio to listen to internet music from the 20's and 30's and old radio shows. I have better quality Bluetooth speakers but I love the vintage look and sound of this radio. I recommend this if you're similarly anachronistic. ;-)