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Magicbox Clarus Plus Internet Radio with DAB and FM`- very mini review

  • 04-08-2009 9:16pm
    #1
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭


    I have purchased the Magicbox Clarus Plus.

    €109 in Maplin Jervis Street. Cheaper at Amazon if they deliver. Saw it in PC World Jervis Street for €150.

    Picture - http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4155HTrERoL._SS500_.jpg

    works with Wifi Frontier - same as Roberts 202.

    Plus points:

    1. Cheaper than Roberts
    2. Old fashioned volume knob - i.e. you can slide the volume to your taste rather than clicking + and - on the Roberts - may sound unimportant but sometimes with the + and - you can never get the right volume for listening.
    3. Excellent FM and DAB reception - even without lifting the aerial at all!
    4. Real Preset buttons (as Roberts also does) - unlike the Pure Evoke which has touch screen preset menus - which drove me mad when trying it out in a shop - certainly not what you want when reaching for a preset from the bed
    5. Like Roberts, has the "My favourites" - where you select as many radio stations as you like on the Frontier website and they appear in the My Favourties menu on your radio to scroll through at your leisure
    6. Streams BBC radio no problem
    7. Has a Alarm Clock mode

    Minus points:

    1. 4 preset buttons and a shift button for creating 8 presets altogether - 8 for FM, 8 for DAB and 8 for Internet - however the shift key is unreliable to the extent that you can only depend on 4 presets for each mode - this is not just my particular radio - other users have same problem. This is not a big problem due to the My Favourites function outlined earlier and the fact that most people will be happy with 4 FM presets, 4 DAB and 4 Internet.

    2. Can't think of any more right now.

    Very happy with this model.

    Internet Youtube review here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSzNUe-fcGo


Comments

  • #2
    Big Tone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Big Tone


    In the presentation Andy says the major drawback is with the speakers ie the sound isn't very good and that would matter to me being an audiophile of sorts but for the price you cant go too far wrong...maybe now Roberts will lower their price for the 202.


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