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- Digital/FM
- Built in battery charger
- MULTI PRESET
- Up to 100 hours battery life
- Rotary tuning
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
ROBERTS introduces the Expression; a portable DAB / FM stereo radio that makes a style and eco statement.The design of the Expression evokes a wonderful combination of modern meets retro, retaining the stamp of quality synonomous with the brand. With curved ash-effect wooden edges that encase a metal grill both front and back, the radio with carry handle is completely portable and incorporates stereo speakers for high quality sound. The Expression is eco-friendly too, with a built-in battery charger and up to 100 hours of battery life.
In keeping with the Expression's deco-inspired appearance, there are two neat rotary tuning and volume controls subtlety incorporated on its top, as well as a ‘favourite station’ button so you’re only ever one touch away from your favourite DJ or show.
And the radio’s sophistication continues past its shell with multi presets, a headphone socket and a line in socket for iPod / MP3 playback, as well as a whole host of additional features.
Product Description
ROBERTS introduces the Expression; a portable DAB / FM stereo radio that makes a style and eco statement. The design of the Expression evokes a wonderful combination of modern meets retro, retaining the stamp of quality synonomous with the brand. With curved ash-effect wooden edges that encase a metal grill both front and back, the radio with carry handle is completely portable and incorporates stereo speakers for high quality sound. The Expression is eco-friendly too, with a built-in battery charger and up to 100 hours of battery life. In keeping with the Expression's deco-inspired appearance, there are two neat rotary tuning and volume controls subtlety incorporated on its top, as well as a favourite station button so youre only ever one touch away from your favourite DJ or show.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
61 of 61 people found the following review helpful
This is a great looking radio that oozes quality with the modern wood and metal finish. It has a reassuring weight to it (especially when loaded with 4 D-cell batteries!) and is a good size for sitting on the kitchen worktop or on a shelf in the lounge. A lovely item to look at.
The built in battery charger is a real plus as it allows the radio to be easily picked up and moved around the house without any interruption to your programs and without any need to ever change the batteries provided you plug it in again to charge when you are finished. It is fitted with a very clear and easy to read green backlit screen displaying two lines of text. The station name is always displayed on the top line and the second line can show extra information such as radio text, genre, signal strength, broadcast quality, time/date etc. If the text is too long it scrolls across the screen one character at a time meaning it is not the smoothest to look at but perfectly readable.
The radio is very easy to operate with a dedicated volume dial and another dial to choose the station (push to select). A selection of the stations you listen to regularly can be added to the preset list making finding them much faster and one station can be assigned to the dedicated favourite button meaning it can be selected quickly with only one button press.
DAB reception is good and combined with the extendible and directional aerial I have no problems getting a signal in any part of my house. FM radio with RDS is provided as a backup and works equally as well.
Sound quality is very good especially for music and listening in quiet environments. The solid, heavy construction really helps here with no vibrations or distortion that you can find with thin plastic radios. When listening to music the two stereo speakers sound full and balanced with a clear and warm reproduction. Speech is easily understood in a quiet environment but when there is background noise (kitchen etc) I find I have to really turn it up and the sound can become a little muddy and loose some clarity. There are no bass or treble controls provided meaning the sound cannot be tweaked in any way. It is certainly adequate and indeed very pleasurable for listening to speech but especially in noisy environments I find myself wanting more treble to give the speech a bit more punch and penetration through background noise.
The lack of basic audio controls would be the main drawback of this radio but for the majority of listening situations and certainly in quiet environments it provides a very good sound for both music and speech from whisper quiet right up to any sensible volume you could want. The sound is warm and laid back with a good amount of detail making listening a real pleasure. The AUX-In socket allows any mp3 player or other audio source to be played through the radio's two speakers and the sound is equally as good in this mode.
This is a very sturdy and well built item, that looks great and is easy and simple to use, with sound quality that makes listening a pleasure.
The built in battery charger is a real plus as it allows the radio to be easily picked up and moved around the house without any interruption to your programs and without any need to ever change the batteries provided you plug it in again to charge when you are finished. It is fitted with a very clear and easy to read green backlit screen displaying two lines of text. The station name is always displayed on the top line and the second line can show extra information such as radio text, genre, signal strength, broadcast quality, time/date etc. If the text is too long it scrolls across the screen one character at a time meaning it is not the smoothest to look at but perfectly readable.
The radio is very easy to operate with a dedicated volume dial and another dial to choose the station (push to select). A selection of the stations you listen to regularly can be added to the preset list making finding them much faster and one station can be assigned to the dedicated favourite button meaning it can be selected quickly with only one button press.
DAB reception is good and combined with the extendible and directional aerial I have no problems getting a signal in any part of my house. FM radio with RDS is provided as a backup and works equally as well.
Sound quality is very good especially for music and listening in quiet environments. The solid, heavy construction really helps here with no vibrations or distortion that you can find with thin plastic radios. When listening to music the two stereo speakers sound full and balanced with a clear and warm reproduction. Speech is easily understood in a quiet environment but when there is background noise (kitchen etc) I find I have to really turn it up and the sound can become a little muddy and loose some clarity. There are no bass or treble controls provided meaning the sound cannot be tweaked in any way. It is certainly adequate and indeed very pleasurable for listening to speech but especially in noisy environments I find myself wanting more treble to give the speech a bit more punch and penetration through background noise.
The lack of basic audio controls would be the main drawback of this radio but for the majority of listening situations and certainly in quiet environments it provides a very good sound for both music and speech from whisper quiet right up to any sensible volume you could want. The sound is warm and laid back with a good amount of detail making listening a real pleasure. The AUX-In socket allows any mp3 player or other audio source to be played through the radio's two speakers and the sound is equally as good in this mode.
This is a very sturdy and well built item, that looks great and is easy and simple to use, with sound quality that makes listening a pleasure.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Lovely versatile radio, sounds good too. I bought it for use in my kitchen and my caravan, the internal battery charger and mp3 connection saves me having to take all the extra bits with me. It looks modern and at the same time classic, is robust and very easy to use. I would recommend to anyone as a versatile and good looking radio.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I bought this radio from Amazon on the 5th of December 2011 and also ordered some rechargeable batteries at the same time. The radio arrived first so I decided to just get some cheapie D batteries to tide me over until the rechargeables were delivered.
I duly got a pack of 4 Daewoo "Super Heavy Duty" batteries from Poundland (bargain!) and fitted them. For what it is the radio sounds fantastic - Roberts' sound engineers have got the balance between bass, treble and midrange just right to my ears with decent bass, clear vocals and a fairly detailed top.
A great many DAB stations really don't sound that good, despite what we've been told, and heavily compressed pop music can sound awful - harsh, shrill and fatiguing long term. The Roberts makes everything sound warm, smooth and inviting and reasonably propulsive.
It's not Hi-Fi, but then it's not meant to be, and I've been happy to listen to it every day for at least 30 minutes in the bath (where it goes surprisingly loud) and have bought quite a few CD's off the back of hearing tracks on the radio.
It is also very well designed with great attention to detail - from the battery compartment, to the dials, to the aerial, even to the little rubber feet on the underside to stop it slipping around. It has all the functions that anyone would reasonably use and none of the flashy ones that hardly anyone does. The fit and finish is also exemplary.
And now the £1 "Super Heavy Duty" batteries have finally died after over two months' use, which is an incredible performance considering my previous DAB radio went through 4 expensive Duracells in just one week! And that was just on standby, I never even played it!
If you're looking for a truly portable device that can run astonishingly efficiently from batteries, looks lovely, sounds really good and is well designed and made, then look no further. Roberts are really onto a winner here and this is easily a five star product considering its wealth of abilities.
Derek
I duly got a pack of 4 Daewoo "Super Heavy Duty" batteries from Poundland (bargain!) and fitted them. For what it is the radio sounds fantastic - Roberts' sound engineers have got the balance between bass, treble and midrange just right to my ears with decent bass, clear vocals and a fairly detailed top.
A great many DAB stations really don't sound that good, despite what we've been told, and heavily compressed pop music can sound awful - harsh, shrill and fatiguing long term. The Roberts makes everything sound warm, smooth and inviting and reasonably propulsive.
It's not Hi-Fi, but then it's not meant to be, and I've been happy to listen to it every day for at least 30 minutes in the bath (where it goes surprisingly loud) and have bought quite a few CD's off the back of hearing tracks on the radio.
It is also very well designed with great attention to detail - from the battery compartment, to the dials, to the aerial, even to the little rubber feet on the underside to stop it slipping around. It has all the functions that anyone would reasonably use and none of the flashy ones that hardly anyone does. The fit and finish is also exemplary.
And now the £1 "Super Heavy Duty" batteries have finally died after over two months' use, which is an incredible performance considering my previous DAB radio went through 4 expensive Duracells in just one week! And that was just on standby, I never even played it!
If you're looking for a truly portable device that can run astonishingly efficiently from batteries, looks lovely, sounds really good and is well designed and made, then look no further. Roberts are really onto a winner here and this is easily a five star product considering its wealth of abilities.
Derek
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Poor sound quality
This radio looks ok but it simply does not deliver on sound quality. The sound lacks depth and clarity. I sent it back.
Published 23 days ago by np
Roberts Expression DAB/FM Radio
I purchased this radio from Amazon after a fair bit of research on the internet.
I needed to replace a Pico+ radio which had given good service as our kitchen radio for over 4... Read more
I needed to replace a Pico+ radio which had given good service as our kitchen radio for over 4... Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. G. Brennan
Roberts Expression
Well finished, excellent sound for this type of radio, no internal batteries that can fail (own choice of batteries).
Didn't know "Roberts" before my surch on Amazon UK. Read more
Didn't know "Roberts" before my surch on Amazon UK. Read more
Published 1 month ago by PV from Flanders
Great in every way - except for the sound
I love this radio. It nearly does everything I want. Mains or battery. Easy to charge. Batteries last ages anyway at a good volume. AUX input for my mp3 player. Read more
Published 2 months ago by FairComment
Better than Pure
I've had a couple of Pure Evokes but this Roberts is far superior. Better build quality, comparable sound and much, much better looking. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andyyyy99
Roberts Expression
Roberts Expression DAB/FM RDS Portable Radio with Built in Battery Charger A nice looking radio a bit tricky to tune, but after 5 mins no problem. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robbie-F
DAB's get better
Works much better than the previous model Looks better as well!
Controls are much more intuitive
Display is also easier to use
Controls are much more intuitive
Display is also easier to use
Published 3 months ago by D. Lewis
Great purchase
I had made comparisons with other similar products for this purchase, my first DAB radio. I am delighted with its performance, easy to operate, great sound and very stylish... Read more
Published 3 months ago by rooroo
Roberts Expression radio
Great radio - just what I needed for my kitchen. I didn't know that it didn't come with rechargeable batteries so that was an extra £16.00.
Published 5 months ago by Vicky
excellent radio, but DAB is rubbish!
Upside: Its a superbly designed Radio, very intuitive to use plus it looks and feels really classy - the real cherry wood surround will improve with time (unlike the other 'wood'... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Tim
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