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Happy I found it. Can't go wrong with this little gem. I even had to order one for my mom and my girlfriend.they liked it so much. Sony pocket radio is the best buy for $10. It's convenient, the sound is exceptional and it reminds me of the gone by days of the transistor radio.
It is a nice change from using ear buds, something old that is new again. Hang it up on a nail, swing it from your wrist or even put it in a pocket. I am very pleased with this personal radio. It is lightweight, takes up little space, has good sound, good reception and a good price.
Finally I went online and checked Amazon and, voila, a 10 dollar transistor radio straight out of my youth. All I wanted was a simple cheap AM radio so that I could sit outside my house and listen to the ballgame on a summer evening. Easy to use, great sound for what it is, and, better yet, exactly what I wanted. Problem solved. What a production. I went to several brick and mortar retailers and, honest to God, most of the sales help had no idea what I was even talking about and wanted to sell me everything from clock radios to gigantic boomboxes.
I'm guessing that I'm not the only person who found themselves trying to make that particular decision, so I'll go ahead and do a side-by-side comparison. They both have the same kind of wrist strap and antenna, and they are both well worth the money. Both feel like they are solidly built. The Sony feels slightly heavier, but there's no big difference between the two. The Panasonic is perfectly fine with local stations, but the Sony is far superior when trying to tune in weaker signals. They are both basically the same size.
Personally, I much prefer the look and feel of the Panasonic, but the superior reception sensitivity of the Sony is a big deal to me. First of all, I really like this radio. It gives me everything that I could ever ask for from a pocket radio. It picks up distant stations noticeably better than the Panasonic.
The Sony definitely has more sensitive reception. The Panasonic has a wider tuning dial, so it seems a bit easier to do fine tuning on it, as opposed to the Sony's more narrow dial, but it's not like that's really a problem. The Panasonic isn't terrible, but the Sony has amazingly good sensitivity. It all depends on how you're gonna use it and what you want.
Both have a red tuning light. As far as their sound, the Sony has more high end, and it sounds brighter, in a good way. Those are the main differences, as far as I can tell. When I bought it, I had a hard time deciding between this Sony and the Panasonic RF-P50, so I eventually just bought them both.
I was actually amazed with the Sony's superiority when I did a side-by-side comparison. Both sound good, and I think that anyone would be happy with either. In your hand, the Sony feels like it's a bit bigger, but they're the same size. The Panasonic sounds warmer without that extra bit of high end.
You cannot go wrong with this SONY radio.buy it.you won't be sorry. at best. This is the BEST transistor radio I have owned and you cannot beat this low price. I have paid $60 for a Radio Shack radio a few years ago and the reception was o.k.
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