Sangean HDR-1 Table Top HD Radio Receiver Review

The Sangean HDR-1 has great sound, and excellent fit and finish. I ran the radio through its paces and found it did pretty much everything it was supposed to, with one exception; I could not get a radio stations RSS feed to automatically update the time on my unit. If you need is for a handsome radio to fill a 150 sq ft room with high quality music/etc this unit is a good fit. In my area Washington DC, and the promised secret channels are more a smattering than a full on buffet of programming, but I think it's worth the premium. The quality of digital radio is rather good, the radio has a good `voting circuit' that switches between analog or digital depending on which is better.
As for AM, an old friend in the business said it best when stereo AM was all the rage; "great just what we need, two channels of static". The quality is there, but there are other problems with radio station coverage and interference patterns. Sangean spent their money on the FM tuner, and I think they got it right.


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