Best deal Boston Acoustics SOLO2B Solo II AM/FM Radio with Clock (Gloss Black)Sounds great, annoying controls, keeps bad timeBy Randall P. McdonnellThis is my 3rd Boston Acoustics clock radio. I own a 1-speaker Receptor which I used for 5 years and was happy with, but I wanted a radio with an aux-in port, so I bought another model and then this Solo IIThis unit sounds great. It has bass and treble controls for adjustments. But b and large I'm happy with the sound coming from the speaker. It's at least as good as my 1-speaker Receptor.The controls are annoying. There are two buttons to turn on the alarms. The large middle knob is the power and volume. The knob on the right is the tuner and cycles through the presets. And the knob on the left controls *everything* else, which makes things a little difficult in the dark. My biggest complaint is that the sleep timer is buried in the multitude of settings controlled by the left knob. If the sleep timer were controlled elsewhere, I'd be a lot happier.The clock keeps terrible time. In about 3 weeks of ownership, it's fallen off by about 5 minutes. But then every BA clock radio I've owned has been like that to varying extents. Who in the chip world is making such garbage timers that are finding their way into these radios?The write-up boasts 20 different levels of display brightness control. But as others have written, if you're senetive to such things, it's going to be too bright even at the lowest setting. I fixed that by covering the with a piece of tinted plastic I made with a presentation slide and my printer. It darkens it just enough.All in all, it'll work for now. But I have a feeling I'm going to be searching for a replacement in a few months7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. »» Read more about Boston Acoustics SOLO2B Solo II AM/FM Radio with Clock (Gloss Black).
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